April 16, 2021

Disparities in SARS-CoV-2 Vaccination-to-Infection Risk Massachusetts 2020-2021

Category: Article Summary

Topic: Public Health Policy and Practice

Keywords (Tags): disparities, public health, vaccination

• [Pre-print, not peer-reviewed] An analysis of the distribution of SARS-CoV-2 cases and the number of people vaccinated in Massachusetts indicated that communities with increased socioeconomic vulnerability and higher proportions of Black/Latinx residents had fewer people vaccinated per cumulative number of individuals infected, measured by the vaccination-to-infection risk (VIR) ratio. Improved VIRs were associated with higher community proportion of residents aged ≥65 years. The authors estimate that 330,000 vaccination courses would need to be diverted to communities with lower VIRs to achieve equity.

Dryden-Peterson et al. (Apr 15, 2021). Disparities in SARS-CoV-2 Vaccination-to-Infection Risk Massachusetts 2020-2021. Pre-print downloaded Apr 16 from https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.04.14.21255467