Vaccine equity for people of color should be a priority in California Public Health Advocates for Anti-Racism in COVID-19 Response March 3, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail Health care workers line up to get a COVID-19 vaccine at a Vaccination Super Station which opened at Tailgate Park, providing large-scale COVID-19 vaccinations to San Diego's health care community on on Jan. 11 in San Diego.K.C. Alfred / San Diego Union-Tribune / TNS COVID-19 has disproportionately affected people of color in case rates, hospitalizations and deaths. Despite this, people of color are getting vaccinated at significantly lower rates. Structural racism and COVID-19 are, together, creating a syndemic for Blacks, Latinos and Native Americans. On top of that is a justifiable lack of trust among the communities most at risk stemming from racist practices and policies in our public health and health care delivery systems.