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u.s. news Dialuna 1 Februari 2021
Racial disparities seen in New York City vaccination rates
(AP) — Black and Latino Just 11% of vaccine doses be addressed aggressively and the materials into additional the vaccination data would
New York City residents administered to New York creatively,” de Blasio said in a languages. show similar disparities had
are receiving COVID-19 City residents went to Black conference call with report- Outreach efforts aimed at pressed de Blasio to release
vaccines at far lower rates people and 15% to Latinos, ers. “We’ve got a profound combating vaccine distrust in the numbers.
than white or Asian New although Black and Latino problem of distrust and hesi- some communities have in- “The demographic data on
Yorkers, Mayor Bill de New Yorkers make up 24% tancy, particularly in commu- cluded virtual appearances by vaccine distribution that the
Blasio acknowledged Sun- and 29% of the city’s popu- nities of color.” the mayor at churches serv- city finally released today af-
day as he vowed to contin- lation, respectively. The per- ing Black congregations. ter long delays confirms what
ue expanding access to the centage of vaccine doses that De Blasio said that measures The coronavirus pandemic we feared and expected —
shots in communities that went to Asians, 15%, is about intended to boost vaccina- has killed Black and Latino that the people and commu-
have been ravaged by the the same as their proportion tion rates in communities of people at disproportionately nities of more color, dispro-
virus. of the city’s population, 14%. color will include streamlin- high rates in New York City portionately harmed by the
“Clearly, we do see a pro- ing the cumbersome applica- and across the nation, and pandemic, have been dispro-
The data released by the city’s found disparity that needs to tion process and translating advocates who feared that portionately hindered in eq-
health department shows that uitable access to vaccination,”
48% of the New York City Public Advocate Jumaane
residents who have gotten Williams said in a statement.
at least one vaccine dose are Gov. Andrew Cuomo said
white, a figure that far ex- the statewide breakdown
ceeds the roughly one-third of who has been vaccinated
of the city’s population that is will be released in the com-
non-Hispanic white. ing days, but he expects those
numbers to show racial dis-
The vaccine numbers are in- parities as well.
complete because about 40% “You’re going to see the Black
of people who have been vac- population with the highest
cinated in the city haven’t hesitance, then Latino, then
provided demographic in- Asian, then white,” Cuomo
formation. Still, the figures said in a separate conference
mirror vaccination data from call.
other cities and states, with Cuomo said the state plans
Black people in all locations to advertise the coronavirus
getting inoculated at levels vaccine with a campaign di-
below their share of the pop- rected specifically at Black
ulation. New Yorkers.