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Push continues to bring more COVID-19 vaccines to underserved communities on the Suncoast Underserved communities on the Suncoast pushing for more COVID vaccines. (Source: WWSB) By Rick Adams | February 25, 2021 at 7:47 PM EST - Updated February 26 at 6:00 AM
SARASOTA, Fla. (WWSB) - There is now a strong push to get the COVID vaccine in the arms of people in the underserved communities in Sarasota County and Manatee County.
“It is essential. We are seeing that African Americans are dying at three times the rate as everyone else,” said Dr. Lisa Merritt, executive director of the Multicultural Health Institute. “In our own area, we are having twice the rate of hospitalizations compared to the population and they account for a disproportionate amount of deaths as well.”