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87% of Philly Rite Aid COVID Vaccine Doses Given to Whites, Only 4% to Blacks: Data Shows


87% of Philly Rite Aid COVID Vaccine Doses Given to Whites, Only 4% to Blacks: Data Shows
On 3/6/21 at 10:32 AM EST
Philadelphia – which has a population that is 40 percent Black and where non-Hispanic whites make up just one-third of residents – has been overwhelmingly vaccinating white residents over others, according to new city data.
The trend is most stark within Rite Aid s distribution, which has so far given nearly 87 percent of its doses to white people. The pharmacy chain is the second-largest provider of vaccines allocated to Philadelphia, with nearly 80 stores across the city.
New data from the city shows that as of last February, for every 21 white people vaccinated from Rite Aid, only one Black person received a dose. ....

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