Black Americans are receiving covid vaccinations at dramatically lower rates than white Americans in the first weeks of the chaotic rollout, according to a new KHN analysis.
Updated 5:06 p.m. ET On Friday afternoon, President-Elect Joe Biden shared a detailed plan to tackle the COVID-19 vaccination rollout, promising to fight
Why America s vaccine rollout was a total disaster - and what it means for the next few months hbrueck@businessinsider.com (Hilary Brueck)
The US developed coronavirus vaccines in record time last year.
But the process of getting those shots into people s arms is going horrendously slow, just as more Americans are dying from the virus than ever before.
The blame lies with a president who either forgot or didn t care enough to finish off the country s vaccination plan, setting the US on the back foot.
There are promising signs that this vaccine drive is going to accelerate soon.
But the delay has already caused thousands of deaths, and it will be a challenge to come back from.