Posted By Jake Zuckerman, Ohio Capital Journal on Tue, Mar 9, 2021 at 7:00 AM click to enlarge Photo by Jake Zuckerman A Columbus Fire Department member dons gloves while working at a mass vaccination site at the Celeste Center in Columbus
Of more than 1.8 million Ohioans who have received at least one COVID-19 vaccination dose, only 5.6% went to Black Ohioans, who comprise about 13% of the population.
The inequity is the latest example of disparate health outcomes in the state and nation along racial lines.
The math is slightly worse among the nearly 1 million Ohioans who are fully vaccinated, mostly by two-dose vaccines: Just 5% of them are Black.