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