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Austin Public Health deeply concerned by low vaccination rate in local Black, Latino communities

Austin Public Health deeply concerned by low vaccination rate in local Black, Latino communities The APH vaccine distribution map shows the vaccination numbers for those groups are low. Advocates are pushing for more. Author: Mari Salazar (KVUE) Updated: 7:31 PM CST February 9, 2021 AUSTIN, Texas Minority group advocates are disappointed with vaccination numbers in Austin-Travis County, and Austin Public Health officials said they re working on outreach efforts for Austin Black and Latino communities.  Austin Public Health reports in its vaccination distribution dashboard that Travis County has 129,645 people over the age of 65 – 68.2% White, 18% Hispanic, 7.6% African American, 5.1% Asian and 3.9% two or more races. Of all the vaccines APH has given, it reports 3.7% have gone to Black people, even though the community makes up almost 8% of the population 65 and older. APH s distribution map shows that 18.1% of the vaccines have gone t

There s a lot of anger : COVID-19 vaccine rollout leaves people scrambling to find shots

There s a lot of anger : COVID-19 vaccine rollout leaves people scrambling to find shots Andrea Ball, USA TODAY © Greg Lovett/The Palm Beach Post via the USA TODAY Network COVID-19 vaccination on Dec. 30, 2020, in Delray Beach, Florida. Diane Kearns sat at her old-school wooden desk, black hair pulled into a ponytail and face devoid of makeup, and prepared to go to war. The Austin, Texas, mother of three was fiercely focused on one thing: finding a COVID-19 vaccine for her 18-year-old son, Dean, whose disabilities include cerebral palsy, seizure disorder and legal blindness.  Kearns picked up her Android phone on Dec. 30 and started punching in numbers. Between pounding coffee and banana nut bread, she called 15 grocery stores that had received vaccines. She called Dean’s doctor. She called pharmacies.

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