African Americans and COVID-19:Part XXVIII (Vaccine Access)

Beyond Mistrust: The Digital Divide is Preventing Older Black People from Getting Vaccinated, Too (Newsone, 2/17/2021)

https://newsone.com/4093351/covid-19-vaccine-internet-access-elderly-blacks/

As vaccine access eludes many Black Americans, Baltimore groups mobilize to get shots into arms (CBS News, 2/23/2021)

https://www.cbsnews.com/video/as-vaccine-access-eludes-many-black-americans-baltimore-groups-mobilize-to-get-shots-into-arms/

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We are going to have to save ourselves,’ Black community fights deadly COVID vaccine conspiracy theories (USA Today, 3/1/2021)

https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2021/03/10/covid-vaccine-facebook-youtube-instagram-black-misinformation-fight/6943180002/

Blacks and Hispanics are being shortchanged on Covid-19 vaccines in Florida and elsewhere (NBC News, 3/1/2021)

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/blacks-hispanics-are-being-short-changed-covid-19-vaccines-florida-n1259204

Few Blacks receiving COVID vaccine than whites (Times Recorder, 3/3/2021)

https://www.zanesvilletimesrecorder.com/story/news/local/2021/03/03/few-blacks-receiving-covid-vaccine-than-whites/4513821001/

Black Americans’ COVID vaccine rates are half compared with whites: NYT analysis (Atlanta Journal Constitution, 3/5/2021)

https://www.ajc.com/news/nation-world/black-americans-covid-vaccine-rates-are-half-compared-with-whites-nyt-analysis/DGFQTZMLJ5CLTJNWOVKJTC2YRQ/

Americans turn out in force for church’s Covid vaccine clinic (KAKE: Wichita, 3/7/2021)

https://www.kake.com/story/43458228/african-americans-turn-out-in-force-for-churchs-covid-vaccine-clinic

Maryland’s governor says Black residents don’t want to get vaccinated. But thousands are seeking shots (The Washington Post, 3/8/2021)

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/prince-georges-vaccine-hogan/2021/03/05/0987c5a8-7832-11eb-9537-496158cc5fd9_story.html

CVS Health to use mobile vans to boost vaccinations in Black and Hispanic neighborhoods (Crusader: Chicago, 3/9/2021)

https://chicagocrusader.com/cvs-health-to-use-mobile-vans-to-boost-vaccinations-in-black-and-hispanic-neighborhoods/

Episcopal churches host COVID-19 vaccination clinics as nationwide efforts ramps up (Episcopal News Service, 3/10/2021)

https://www.episcopalnewsservice.org/2021/03/12/episcopal-churches-host-covid-19-vaccination-clinics-as-nationwide-effort-ramps-up/

Charlotte ministers receive COVID-19 vaccine, lead community vaccination efforts (WBTV 3 (Charlotte), 3/10/2021)

https://www.wbtv.com/2021/03/10/charlotte-ministers-receive-covid-vaccine-lead-community-vaccination-efforts/

Covid Vaccine skepticism among Black Americans is falling—but there’s a bigger issue (MSNBC, 3/11/2021)

https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/covid-vaccine-skepticism-among-black-americans-falling-there-s-bigger-n1260539

AU Vaccine in Hephzibah aims to increase vaccine access in rural parts of Richmond County (News Channel Six Augusta, GA, 3/11/2021)

https://www.wjbf.com/top-stories/au-vaccine-clinic-in-hephzibah-aims-to-increase-vaccine-access-in-rural-parts-of-richmond-county/

Chicago’s making progress on vaccine equity, but there’s so much more to do (Chicago Sun-Times, 3/11/2021)

https://chicago.suntimes.com/2021/3/11/22325382/chicago-covid-19-vaccination-equity-racism-public-health-alison-arwady-editorial

Vaccine Distribution Fails Minority Communities (WLRN, 3/11/2021)

https://www.wlrn.org/podcast/sundial/2021-03-12/vaccine-distribution-fails-minority-communities-sweat-records-sweet-16-live-from-the-305