Editorial More than half of eligible Manitobans are now double-dosed. While the COVID-19 vaccination rates are cause for celebration, the way we got here is not. More than half of eligible Manitobans are now double-dosed. While the COVID-19 vaccination rates are cause for celebration, the way we got here is not. Manitoba’s vaccine task force appears to have failed to account for race-based risk factors when determining vaccination eligibility, likely leading to higher hospitalizations and worse outcomes for residents who are Black, Indigenous or people of colour, according to data released last week. During the third wave of the pandemic, intensive-care admission rates were more than four times higher for BIPOC communities than for white residents. Racialized patients were also 10 years younger, on average, than their white counterparts and many were not yet eligible for a vaccine — an indication of the shortcomings of a rollout based on age alone.