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Feb 9, 2021 / 08:32 AM EST
INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) – The American Red Cross of Indiana started a coalition to ease worries about getting vaccinated in minority communities. The coalition is made up of 37 people from community partners such as churches and nonprofit organizations.
Black and LatinX communities have been disproportionately affected by the virus and are the very few wanting to get vaccinated, according to data from the Red Cross.
Whites make up 85.1% of Indiana’s population and 84.8% of those receiving vaccinations
Blacks make up nearly 10% of the population, but only 3.9% of vaccine recipients
Latinos make up 7.1% of the state’s population, but only 2.2% of the vaccinations