Just not equal at all : Vaccine rollout in Chicago a microcosm of racial disparities nationwide
People of color have suffered most from COVID-19. Now that vaccines are here, they are far less likely to have received a first dose for many of the same reasons.
Nada Hassanein, Grace Hauck, Jayme Fraser and Aleszu Bajak, USA TODAY
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5:43 pm UTC Feb. 15, 2021
CHICAGO – Angelina Zayas turned her Grace and Peace Church, which serves the greater Belmont Cragin community on the city s northwest side, into a food bank. Instead of Sunday services, she hands out winter coats and canned goods.
Her phone rings at all times of the day and night with grieving congregants. Often, she doesn’t know what to say.