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Evolving patchwork of approaches for how states prioritize educators for COVID vaccines raises equity concerns

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As states continue fine-tuning their plans for prioritizing scarce doses of COVID-19 vaccines, some in higher education who expected to be vaccinated along with other educators have found themselves pushed farther back in line.
About half of all states are already vaccinating K-12 teachers. But while some states are treating college educators the same as teachers for prioritization purposes, many are not. Some states are prioritizing K-12 workers first and scheduling higher education workers for later vaccination phases, while other states are seemingly not giving any prioritization to higher education workers and are instead leaving them to be vaccinated according to wherever they fall in line among the general population. ....

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ONLINE: Make HIV History: Black History Month; A National Conversation on the Intersection of Race and Health

ONLINE: Make HIV History: Black History Month; A National Conversation on the Intersection of Race and Health
Feb 24, 2021 5:00 PM
Note: The time has changed to 5 pm.
Why do African Americans make up a disproportionate number (43%) of new HIV diagnoses and experience lower viral suppression than other groups? Nationwide, why have Black people died at 1.5 times the rate of white people from COVID-19? Why do African American members of the LGBTQIA+ community face health disparities linked to societal stigma, discrimination and racism?
Join Angela Davis, social equity activist, who will discuss these topics and more with Michael Gifford, Vivent Health President and CEO, during this national conversation on the intersection of race and health. ....

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