Name: Black, Hispanic Americans lag in COVID-19 vaccination as outreach efforts struggle
Uploaded: 2021-03-12T21:30:15.000Z
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America's Covid 19 vaccine drive is failing to reach black and Hispanic communities.

That's according to a study out earlier this month by the Kaiser Family Foundation.

It found that in the US, white people are being vaccinated at twice the rate of African Americans and 2.5 times the rate of Hispanic Americans.

That inequality is both stark and deadly.

Communities of color are at a higher risk of severe or fatal covid 19 infections.

But interviews with dozens of nonprofits and philanthropic groups reveal no comprehensive federal effort to address the problem.

It's one thing to have efficiency that we have to have equity as well.

Under the new Biden administration, the federal government is only now getting started on serious efforts to promote vaccination in minority communities, advocates say What's needed is a nationally coordinated marketing campaign.

Some want to revive a nationwide network that helped boost response rates to the 2020 census in minority communities and turn it toward vaccination.

But an effective effort, they said, could cost hundreds of millions of dollars.

A Reuters Ipsos poll in December showed black people in particular were far more likely to fear vaccination than white people.

 This week, the Biden administration announced that it would spend $250 million to encourage Covid 19 safety and vaccination among underserved populations, and more money could come from a massive Covid 19 rescue package that is set to go into effect as soon as this week. 