Coronavirus Vaccine Distribution: Moving to a Race Conscious Approach for a Racially Disparate Problem

• DOI: 10.1007/s40615-021-01051-2
• Publication Date: 2021-05-04T16:27:52Z
• Authors: James H. Johnson; Jeanne Milliken B...; Allan M. Parnell; Cedric M. Bright
• Keywords: COVID-19 Vaccines; Health Care Rationing; COVID-19; Health Status Disparities; United States; 3. Good health; Black or African American; 03 medical and health sciences; Racism; 0302 clinical medicine; Perspective Article; Humans; 10. No inequality

Strikingly ignoring the critical impact of systemic racism in vulnerabilities to the deadly coronavirus, phase one of the vaccine rollout is not reaching the Black population that has suffered the most from COVID. An urgent need exists for a race-conscious approach that ensures equitable opportunities to both access and receive the vaccines.