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While nearly half of the City’s population has received a COVID-19 vaccination, the numbers for Black residents, in particular, is far lower than the percentage of the population they make up, according to state data released on May 27, putting Vaccine Equity in the forefront of new strategies to continue the vaccination efforts. Numbers for Everett showed that white and Asian residents are at or exceeding their percentage of the population within the vaccine numbers, while Black residents are far below their percentage and Hispanic residents are also below their percentages of the population. That is contrasted with nearby communities like Chelsea, Revere and East Boston where the numbers of vaccinated Hispanic and Black residents, in particular, are far higher proportionally – and in fact – are some of the highest numbers in the state according to East Boston Neighborhood Health Center CEO Manny Lopes. ....
It s about time. Seeing how things have progressed in Massachusetts versus Florida where my mother died, it kinda messes with your head a little bit, O Connor, who s already vaccinated, said. I have a perception based on what I ve been reading on social media that, strangely enough, folks are having an easier time in Florida getting vaccination appointments than in Massachusetts. In fact, vaccines were available to all Floridians nearly two weeks ago. Gov. Charlie Baker has been criticized for Massachusetts vaccine rollout, not to mention the technological snafus that hampered earlier phases of the vaccine sign-up. I think many states chose to pursue a variety of different approaches to this which makes it hard to draw really broad comparisons between states, the governor said back in February. As I said in my remarks, Massachusetts chose early on to prioritize a number of communities and a number of professions that weren t prioritized in other states that did ma ....
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