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State data shows racial disparity among vaccination efforts
State data shows racial disparity among vaccination efforts-2/3/21 By Makenzie Burk | February 3, 2021 at 9:37 PM CST - Updated February 3 at 10:23 PM
ALTUS, Okla. (TNN) -Racial disparities are creating obstacles in the fight against COVID-19 as research shows minorities are far less likely to get the vaccine.
From the data collected in Oklahoma, 65.9% of people receiving the vaccine are white, and only 2.7% are black.
The other races represented were Asian, American Indian and other, which were all less than 4 percent.
“So if we see that we have a population that’s not taking advantage or receiving a service at the level that we think that they maybe should, then we need to dive a little bit deeper and figure out what those challenges are,” said Brandie Combs, Regional Health Department Director.