It’s no secret that
communities of color have suffered outsized numbers of infections, hospitalizations and deaths. Now that two COVID-19 vaccines have been rolled out to healthcare workers and nursing home residents, health officials are teetering their way across a precarious high wire: how to diplomatically nudge communities of color to the front of the line for the scarce shots without triggering a political or legal backlash.
This balancing act is tricky because America has long been
deeply divided over racial quotas and affirmative action, my colleague Melissa Healy writes and assigning vaccine priority based on race or ethnic heritage could open the door to recrimination and courtroom challenges at a crucial point in the pandemic fight.
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