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Crain s Content Studio: Empire Anthem | Crain s New York Business The Covid-19 pandemic has brought extraordinary challenges to all New Yorkers. Families have grappled with the devastating impact of the virus, and businesses and workers have faced financial distress. In many respects, the crisis has brought out the best in New Yorkers as they step up to make a difference whether in a hospital intensive care unit serving patients, in a restaurant kitchen making meals for front-line workers and the elderly, or in a research laboratory seeking vaccines and treatments to battle Covid-19. Today, Empire BlueCross BlueShield is honored to recognize 50 Whole Health Heroes who unflinchingly have fought against the unseen enemy, often sacrificing their own health and personal comfort to help others. These New Yorkers, who hail from the health care sector, the business world and the nonprofit field, have displayed extraordinary leadership, dedication, empathy, and remarkable compassion to help ensure the safety and wellness of all New Yorkers during this unprecedented crisis.
We stand together in expressing serious concern with the Trump administration s vaccine distribution plan. While we are encouraged by recent reports regarding the vaccines efficacy, there is urgent work to be done to ensure vaccination efforts are both expeditious and fair.
Governors need federal funding in order to execute comprehensive distribution plans to guarantee that all communities have access to the vaccine. The Association of State and Territorial Health Officials estimates that a comprehensive vaccine distribution program would cost approximately $8 billion. To date, the Trump Administration has administered a mere $200 million to the states.
Without adequate funding, distribution will not be equitable. COVID-19 has laid bare chronic health disparities in our country that led communities of color to suffer disproportionately from this virus. Communities of color disproportionately suffer from pre-existing conditions, such as asthma, obesity and hypertension, that compound the harm the virus can cause Black Americans died at twice the rate of white Americans due to COVID, and Latinos died at one and a half times the rate of whites. The underlying reality is that communities of color lack access to healthcare institutions and services. But in its current form, the Trump Administration s vaccine plan relies on private health facilities that have historically excluded Black and brown communities. By relying on a flawed, biased system, the administration s approach will only serve to further widen existing disparities in health outcomes.