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SHREVEPORT, La. -- As of Thursday, about 40,000 people in northwest Louisiana have received their first shots of the coronavirus vaccine, according to Dr. Joseph Vanchiere, an infectious disease pediatrician
SHREVEPORT, La. -- As of Thursday, about 40,000 people in northwest Louisiana have received their first shots of the coronavirus vaccine, according to Dr. Joseph Vanchiere, an infectious disease pediatrician with Ochsner LSU Health Shreveport. While that includes 37% of people in the Louisiana that are over the age of 70, only 11% of minorities have received their first doses. Doctors, state lawmakers and Shreveport city leaders are working to correct the imbalance. "This virus doesn't care if you're a Republican or a Democrat, Black or white, gentile or Jew, it will kill you," said state Sen...