Signage is in place to direct people to COVID-19 vaccinations at the Yes We Can Community Center on January 10 in New Cassel, N.Y.
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Signage is in place to direct people to COVID-19 vaccinations at the Yes We Can Community Center on January 10 in New Cassel, N.Y.
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Using data from several states that have published their own maps and lists of where vaccination sites are located, NPR identified disparities in the locations of COVID-19 vaccination sites in major cities across the Southern U.S. — with most sites placed in whiter neighborhoods.
KUT’s Ashley Lopez, Shalina Chatlani of NPR’s Gulf States Newsroom, and NPR’s Sean McMinn explain their findings. Read more here.
Also in this episode: how one county in Washington state is trying to make vaccine distribution more equitable. Will Stone reports.
Email us at considerthis@npr.org.
This episode was produced by Brianna Scott, Lee Hale and Brent Baughman. It was edited by Sami Yenigun with help from Wynne Davis. Our executive producer is Cara Tallo.
