African American COVID-19 vaccinations highest in Mississippi
30 percent of Mississippi s 38 percent Black population has received a COVID-19 vaccination
Despite figures reported by
CNN earlier this year, revealing that Black and Latino Americans were receiving far fewer COVID-19 vaccinations than white Americans, Mississippi is turning the corner and leading the nation in vaccination rates among African Americans, per a report by
Thomas Dobbs recently tweeted.
Amazon employee Andre DuPree receiving COVID-19 vaccine. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)
Making progress toward closing this racial disparity likely the result of Black and Latino Americans’ inherent distrust of vaccines and presumably their lack of access to them 30 percent of Mississippi’s 38 percent Black population has received vaccinations, according to the Mississippi State Department of Health (MSDH), as reported by