Medically Necessary: Making the vaccine supply chain work for communities of color
Medically Necessary: Making the vaccine supply chain work for communities of color The supply chain is contributing to racial disparities in vaccination A patient receives a COVID-19 vaccine at Neighborhood Health in Nashville, Tennessee. (Credit: Neighborhood Health) This is an excerpt from the February 23, 2021 edition of Medically Necessary, a health care supply chain newsletter. The problem: Americans of color are receiving the vaccine at far lower rates than white Americans, even though people of color are more likely to get COVID-19. The supply chain is part of the problem. “...