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Racial disparities trouble COVID-19 vaccine rollout
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How US can ramp up COVID-19 vaccine distribution
Dr. Jen Ashton presented her plan for speeding up the vaccination process.Nathan Howard/Getty Images, FILE
In the ongoing effort to vaccinate Americans against COVID-19, communities are expressing concerns around racial disparities in the distribution of limited doses.
In Florida s Miami-Dade County, 17.7% of the population is Black, according to U.S. Census data. But so far, only 6.5% 11,001 of the 167,129 people who have been vaccinated in the county so far identify as Black, according to the state health department s latest vaccination report, released Thursday.