Covid-19 Vaccinations Proceed Slowly Among Older Latino, Black People

March 3, 2021

(Wall Street Journal) – Across the country and age groups, vaccination rates are lower among minority groups than among white people, according to the Kaiser Family Foundation. The nonprofit reported last week that vaccination rates among elderly Black and Latino people were lower than those for elderly white people in South Carolina and Washington, the two states reporting comprehensive data. Black and Latino people are also three times more likely than whites to be hospitalized with Covid-19 and roughly twice as likely to die from the disease, federal data show.