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Teresa Parada is exactly the kind of person equity-minded California officials say they want to vaccinate: She’s a retired factory worker who speaks little English and lives in a hard-hit part of Los Angeles County.
But Parada, 70, has waited weeks while others her age flock to Dodger Stadium or get the coronavirus shot through large hospital networks. The place where she normally gets medical care, AltaMed, is just now receiving enough supply to vaccinate her later this month.
Parada said TV reports show people lining up to get shots, but “I see only vaccines going to Anglos.”
California Clinics: More Vaccines Going to Rich Than At-Risk
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California clinics: More vaccines going to rich than at-risk
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Latinos account for 39% of California s population, but just 17% of vaccinations in the state
Only 2.9% of vaccines there have gone to black residents, who make up 6% of the population
Latino residents claim that most people getting vaccinated at mass vaccination clinics are white, despite Governor Gavin Newsom s claim that equity is his North Star
Community health clinics are a primary sources of care for low-income and minority people in California and throughout the US, but say they ve been overlooked as too small to help the vaccine rollout
Similar disparities are playing out across the US, favoring not just white and wealthy Americans, but the tech savvy vaccine lurkers who use social media to find pharmacies with spare doses