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Vaccination Gaps Persist in Black, Hispanic Neighborhoods
As Travis County, Texas, aims to reach herd immunity levels for COVID-19, local researchers express concern that many economically disadvantaged communities are about six weeks behind in vaccinations.
July 22, 2021 • (TNS) As Travis County, Texas, continues to reach for herd immunity from the coronavirus, local researchers say that more efforts need to be focused toward neighborhoods in Austin s eastern crescent, where vaccine coverage lags by several weeks.
Spencer Woody, postdoctoral fellow for the University of Texas COVID-19 modeling consortium, said Austin s more economically disadvantaged areas have been affected the most, and continue to be, by the pandemic. The crescent spans north to south, east of Interstate 35, where many Black and Hispanic families live.
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