Ohio must ensure fair access to COVID-19 vaccines for minority and low-income residents: Gautham Chitturu and Will Schwartzman
Updated Jan 03, 2021;
Posted Jan 03, 2021
Brian Colbert, left, MetroHealth s manager of ambulatory pharmacy, and Jay Kuhn, MetroHealth s executive director of pharmacy services, pull out a plastic tray from a packing box containing 975 doses of Pfizer s COVID-19 vaccine, Dec. 15, 2020 in Cleveland. The doses were immediately moved into a hospital freezer prior to being used to inoculate front-line coronavirus health workers the next day.John Kuntz, cleveland.com
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CLEVELAND
The Ohio Department of Health’s interim draft COVID-19 vaccination plan makes prioritization of historically underserved communities a clear goal, as written. However, we are concerned that implementation will fall short among minority and low-income citizens.