- White New Yorkers have received 48% of the nearly 300,000 vaccines administered to residents so far, according to new data from the city.
- Black and Latino residents accounted for 11% and 15% of vaccine recipients, respectively, on January 31.
- The CDC found that blacks and Latin Americans were hospitalized with COVID-19 at 3.7 and 4.1 times the rate for white people, respectively.
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New data from New York City shows that whites have taken almost half of the COVID-19 vaccines so far.
White New Yorkers have received 48% of the nearly 300,000 vaccines administered to residents so far. Black and Latino residents represent 11% and 15%, respectively.
Residents outside New York City received 25% of the city’s vaccines. Among non-New Yorkers who were vaccinated in the city, whites received 59%, and blacks and Latinos 7% and 10%.
Whites had fewer cases, hospitalizations and deaths from COVID-19 in the city compared to black and Latino residents, who were hit hard by the virus. The mortality rate among black and Latino residents is 269 and 291 per 100,000 people; the mortality rate among white residents is 150 per 100,000.
New York City – where white residents represent 42% of the population and black residents represent about 24% – distributed just over 500,000 vaccines in total by January 31. The city does not have the race or ethnicity of 40% of adults who received at least one dose in New York.
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The city’s data is consistent with reports from other areas of the United States that show a racial disparity between those who are getting first access to the COVID-19 vaccine. Insider Shelby Livingston analyzed data from six states that found that whites have access to vaccines before black Americans and other racial minorities.
In North Carolina, for example, blacks represent 22% of the population, but only 11% of those vaccinated, while whites represent 68% of the population and 82% of those vaccinated, according to The Associated Press.
The CDC found that blacks and Latin Americans were hospitalized with COVID-19 at 3.7 and 4.1 times the rate for white people, respectively.
White New Yorkers over 65 years of age were vaccinated at a higher rate, while Asian, Latino and black vaccine recipients were slightly younger. Health professionals had the first access to the vaccine in New York City.
About 148,000 people received the two vaccines needed for the complete vaccine Moderna and Pfizer in New York City.
Johnson & Johnson, which has just reported 66% effectiveness in preventing COVID-19 from using its single dose vaccine, is expected to file an emergency authorization with the Food and Drug Administration within weeks.
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Experts have warned that black Americans and other communities of color may hesitate to get vaccinated in the U.S. due to a history of racist medical experiments or general distrust of the healthcare system, reported Aria Bendix of Insider. Latin Americans who communicate in Spanish, for example, have lost crucial information about the vaccine due to the language gap.
Residents of Washington Heights, a predominantly Latin neighborhood, said that a nearby vaccination aimed at serving the community gave many doses to whites from other parts of the city and the state, according to the city. Some people working off-site have been unable to communicate with Spanish-speaking residents.