Point & counterpoint | Vaccine priorities: Phyllis Bennis - Exclusion putting millions at risk
Phyllis Bennis
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They highlighted the same problem.
It’s been nearly impossible for tens of thousands of eligible would-be vaccine takers across Washington, D.C., where I live, to actually get the shot. It’s the same across the country. Hundreds of thousands of doses promised to cities and states never arrived. Where there should be coordination, there’s been only chaos.
Because our country treats health care as a privilege, not a right, those most vulnerable to the virus especially people of color and the poor are also those least likely to get quick access to the vaccines. Between 3,000 and 4,000 people die every day across the United States, even as unused vaccines get tossed in the trash.