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The committee suggested expanding access to reliable internet connections for students, encouraging employers to provide free or affordable child care, and ensuring access to healthy food.
“In order for us to eradicate racism, dismantle racism, structural racism, it will take radical imagination,” said Karen Chen, the executive director of the Chinese Progressive Association who helped write the report.
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Boston neighborhoods hit hardest by virus have lowest vaccination rates
By Deanna Pan Globe Staff,Updated March 2, 2021, 8:48 p.m.
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Marty Martinez, the cityâs Health and Human Services chief, inspected the setup for the mass vaccination site at the Reggie Lewis Center before it opened last month.David L. Ryan/Globe Staff
The Boston neighborhoods with the lowest COVID-19 vaccination rates â East Boston, Mattapan, and Dorchester â have endured some of the highest levels of coronavirus cases in the city, according to newly released data from the Boston Public Health Commission.
Conversely, the neighborhoods with the highest vaccination rates â including West Roxbury, the South End, and Jamaica Plain â have experienced much lower rates of infection since the beginning of the pandemic.