More than 60 percent of the vaccinees were white. More than 14 percent reported being of multiple or different races or ethnicities; 11.5 percent were Hispanic; 6 percent were Asian; slightly more than 5 percent were black; and 2 percent were Indian or Alaska Native.
“I am concerned about our backlog,” Marcella Nunez-Smith, the leader of the Biden administration’s Health Equity Task Force, said at a news conference Monday. “We need to address these insufficient data points as an urgent priority.”
In addition, about 63 percent of the vaccinated were women and about 55 percent were 50 or older.
Admission of vaccines in nursing homes: A second CDC report released Monday confirmed anecdotal reports that uptake of coronavirus vaccination is high among nursing home residents, but low among staff.
Nearly 11,500 nursing homes had at least one vaccination clinic through a federal partnership with pharmacies between December 18 and January 17. A median of nearly 78 percent of residents received the vaccine, while a median of just 37 percent of staff per institution decided to get vaccinated.
Why it matters: President Joe Biden wants an equitable distribution of the coronavirus vaccine, but preliminary reports show just how much ground to overtake.