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Connecticut is a national leader in COVID-19 vaccinations, but health officials, advocates say the state has so far failed residents of color
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Connecticut is a national leader in COVID-19 vaccinations, but health officials, advocates say the state has so far failed residents of color
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How CT is working to educate communities of color about the COVID-19 vaccine
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Tiffany Donelson, president and CEO of the Connecticut Health Foundation© Petronella Lugemwa / Petronella Lugemwa of Petronella Photography
NORWALK The coronavirus has ravaged communities across America, but people of color have seen especially high levels of devastation.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Black people account for 1.4 times as many coronavirus cases as white people, 3.7 times as many hospitalizations and 2.8 times as many deaths. Hispanic and Indigenous people are seeing similarly increased infection and death rates and four times as many hospitalizations as white people. Asians are seeing increased rates as well.
If you had one wish for 2021, what would it be?
A 2020 window display in Torrington: Even the mannequins wear masks.
If everyone could cast one wish for what 2021 will bring, it’s likely that nearly all of us would wish for COVID-19 to go away and never come back.
Vaccines and vigilance might make that wish come true. But beyond that, what else would people like to see happen in 2021?
The CT Mirror asked a variety of people community leaders, elected officials, spokespeople and more what they’d wish for in 2021
other than an end to the pandemic.
Here are some of their responses.
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