Three white residents receive a COVID-19 vaccine for every Black or Latino person in the city, according to new demographic data released by the mayor’s office on Sunday.
At a press briefing, Mayor Bill de Blasio said there was a “profound disparity” about seven weeks into the city’s vaccination program.
“Clearly, what we see is a particularly pronounced reality of many more people from white communities getting vaccination than folks from Black and Latino communities,” de Blasio told reporters. The vast difference in vaccine coverage shows the city isn’t meeting its pledge for equitable distribution.
The mayor said supply problems were central to the challenge of distributing vaccines equitably across communities of color.
The post White New Yorkers Have Received Lion’s Share Of COVID-19 Vaccine appeared first on PopularResistance.Org.
This post was originally published on PopularResistance.Org.
