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Gov. Andrew Cuomo has said that equity in the vaccine distribution process is key to addressing the racial and ethnic disparities exacerbated by the coronavirus pandemic, but New York state appears to be falling short of his two-month-old vow to have the most equitable distribution process in the nation. “If we do not take decisive action now, we will end up with herd immunity only in predominantly white communities,” two nonprofit leaders wrote in the Daily News. “Residents of communities of color . will continue to be hospitalized and die from COVID-19, for many months thereafter.”
Both New York City and New York state have yet to release data on the demographics of the people who have gotten shots thus far – like 17 other states have done. There are growing signs that people of color are being left behind as worries grow that the vaccine distribution process will fail to tame the ongoing surge of COVID-19 cases anytime soon.
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Esther Lucero holds a picture of her late wife Cathy in Denver’s Cheeseman Park on Thursday, Jan. 21, 2021. The two were married in the park three years ago.
On one of her many days in the hospital in 2017, Cathy asked her partner not to tell the nursing staff they were married. She’d been diagnosed with a rare form of leukemia, and Cathy feared the care she got would suffer if the staff knew she was a lesbian.
“She says, ‘Don t tell the nurses that we re married,’” said Cathy’s wife, Esther Lucero. “And I said, ‘Why?’ And she says, ‘Because they re treating you differently. They re treating me differently.’”
ARDX Expands Executive Team
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NORFOLK, Va., Jan. 20, 2021 /PRNewswire/ ARDX, a leading government healthcare management and IT consulting firm, announces the addition of two new powerhouse executives. Mary Shaffran, Vice President of Service Delivery and Jennifer Stone, Vice President of Business Development will draw upon their experiences as strategic leaders to propel ARDX to new heights. I am thrilled to welcome Mary and Jennifer who bring a wealth of experience and passion to solving today s healthcare complexities, states Angela D. Reddix, Founder, President, and CEO of ARDX. Their deep-rooted knowledge within the healthcare sector is pivotal as ARDX expands our footprint.