The arms race was on inside New Haven's Bethel AME Church hall Wednesday. Author: Tony Terzi Updated: 5:41 PM EST February 17, 2021 NEW HAVEN, Conn. — Because COVID-19 disproportionately impacts Black and Brown communities harder than Whites, cities are always looking for ways to get more minorities vaccinated. And New Haven does that, in part, through weekly neighborhood pop-up vaccine clinics. The arms race was on inside New Haven's Bethel AME Church hall Wednesday. "I didn’t even feel it," said one woman smiling through her mask. Over 80 New Haven residents excited to receive their first dose. "I just saw on the news again this morning that 480,000 people are dead, and they didn’t get a chance to get a vaccine. So, the only thing that makes sense to me I need to give myself a chance," said Rodney Diggs, a 70-year-old lifelong New Haven resident.