VERIFY: Does your race affect your place in line for the COVID-19 vaccine?
Health departments have a reason for asking, and the answer becomes much more important for patients in Missouri in Phase 2.
Author: Erin Richey (KSDK), Anne Allred
Published: 10:28 PM CST February 16, 2021
Updated: 10:28 PM CST February 16, 2021
ST. LOUIS — Viewers around Missouri reached out to the 5 On Your Side Verify team to ask about a question they saw on COVID-19 vaccine sign-up forms.
One eagle-eyed viewer noticed it on the St. Charles County health department sign-up form. Question number four asks, "What is your race/ethnicity?"
Another viewer sent in the sign-up form for SSM, which asks, "Are you in a racial/ethnic minority group that has been disproportionately affected by COVID?"