US Black and Latino communities often have low vaccination rates – but blaming vaccine hesitancy misses the mark
Written by Black Hot Fire Network on March 18, 2022
By early July 2021, nearly two-thirds of all U.S. residents 12 years and older had received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine; 55% were fully vaccinated. But uptake varies drastically by region – and it is lower on average among non-white people.
Many blame the relatively lower vaccination rates in communities of color on “vaccine hesitancy.” But . . .
