Health
Role of race in US vaccine rollout gets put to the test – WHIO Radio
The role that race should play in deciding who gets priority for the COVID-19 vaccine has been put to the test in Oregon
PORTLAND, Ore. — (AP) The role that race should play in deciding who gets priority for the COVID-19 vaccine was put to the test Thursday in Oregon, but people of color won’t be the specific focus in the next phase of the state’s rollout as tensions around equity and access to the shots emerge nationwide.
An advisory committee that provides recommendations to Gov. Kate Brown and public health authorities discussed whether to prioritize racial minorities but decided on a wide range of other groups:…
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