Alliance for Pandemic Preparedness

April 23, 2021

Addressing Racial/ethnic Disparities in the COVID-19 Vaccination Campaign

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  • [Pre-print, not peer-reviewed] An analysis of state-level, race-stratified COVID-19 vaccination data found that Black and Hispanic adults have received proportionally lower levels of vaccinations compared to white adults. Across all states, adjusted for eligible population size, vaccine coverage among Black and Hispanic adults was 27% compared to 44% in white adults as of March 31, 2021. The authors estimate that if current racial disparities in vaccination persist, Hispanic adults and Black adults would reach 75% coverage of ≥1 vaccine dose nationally 24 days and 30 days later, respectively, than white adults. However, the authors also suggest that geographic targeting of vaccine to underserved populations could accelerate vaccine coverage in these groups.

Reitsma et al. (Apr 23, 2021). Addressing Racial/ethnic Disparities in the COVID-19 Vaccination Campaign. Pre-print downloaded Apr 23 from https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.04.21.21255878