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Priority groups
Early variation in COVID-19 vaccination rates had much to do with a countyâs proportion of health care workers, the first group able to get vaccine. With people 65 and older becoming eligible in late January, a countyâs share of seniors has also played a large role in its overall rate, experts say.
But with everyone 16 and older approved for vaccination early this month, such factors are beginning to wane. However, a countyâs racial makeup can also influence its immunization rate, given that rates statewide are significantly lower for Blacks and Hispanics, and somewhat lower for American Indians and Asians, than for whites.
White House tells refugee advocates Biden likely to raise cap quickly
White House officials signaled in a conference call with refugee resettlement advocates late Friday that President Joe Biden is likely to raise the current refugee cap of 15,000 quickly, well ahead of the May 15 deadline set Friday, according to a person familiar with the matter.
Deputy national security adviser Jon Finer told the advocates that Biden wants to work quickly to bring the refugees who have already been vetted and cleared to the United States after a prolonged delay, in which many of their flights were canceled.
The call comes after the White House faced immediate blowback from refugee groups and Democratic and progressive lawmakers for initially saying Friday that Biden would keep this fiscal year’s refugee cap of 15,000, and not raise the cap as he had promised to do a significant reversal from the Biden administration’s proposal in February to lift the cap to 62,500.