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4:33 Latino people make up 22% of the state’s population, but they have only received 5% of all vaccines. That disparity is far larger among Latino people than any other racial or ethnic group in the state.  A campaign from the office of Gov. Jared Polis is working with nonprofits across the state to help bridge that gap through a combination of targeted messaging and vaccine clinics specifically aimed at Latinos. Glenwood Springs-based nonprofit Voces Unidas de Las Montañas is carrying out that mission in the Roaring Fork Valley. “There aren’t a lot of Latinos designing public health programs or designing strategies that governments are leading because we’re not in those seats,” said Alex Sánchez, executive director of Voces Unidas. “Oftentimes the end result is that we fall a little bit behind and we’re the last customer to actually tap some of these benefits.”

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