'You Can Just Get It Right Now': A Push To Address Hampden County's Vaccination Disparities
Workers, including Clarivel Amy (right), at a mobile vaccination site organized by Holyoke Health Center try to convince people to pull into the parking lot outside the Boys and Girls Club in Chicopee, Massachusetts. (Karen Brown/NEPM) Although Massachusetts has one of the highest COVID-19 vaccination rates in the country, Hampden County has the lowest rate in the state — with major racial and ethnic disparities among who is getting the shot. Local health departments are focused on making the vaccine as visible and convenient as possible for hard-to-reach populations, but that’s often not...
Source: wbur.org