- White New Yorkers received 48% of the nearly 300,000 vaccinations given to residents so far, according to new city data.
- On January 31, 11% and 15% of vaccine recipients were black and Latino residents, respectively.
- The CDC found that black and Hispanic Americans were hospitalized with COVID-19, 3.7 and 4.1 times the number of whites, respectively.
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New data from New York City shows that whites have received nearly half of COVID-19 vaccines so far.
White New Yorkers received 48% of the nearly 300,000 vaccinations given to residents to date. Black and Latino residents make up 11% and 15%, respectively.
Non-residents of New York City have received 25% of the city’s vaccines. Among the non-New Yorkers vaccinated in the city, whites got 59% and Black and Latino 7% and 10%.
White people have made up fewer cases, hospitalizations, and deaths from COVID-19 in the city compared to Black and Latino residents, who have been badly affected by the virus. The death 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 make up 42% of the population and black residents make up about 24% – gave a total of just over 500,000 vaccinations on January 31. The city does not have the race or ethnicity of 40% of adults who have received at least one dose in NYC.
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The city’s data is in line with reports from other areas of the US showing a racial disparity between who gets first access to the COVID-19 vaccine. Insider’s Shelby Livingston analyzed data from six states that found that whites gained access to vaccines ahead of black Americans and other racial minorities.
In North Carolina, for example, black people make up 22% of the population but only 11% of vaccine recipients, while whites make up 68% of the population and 82% of vaccinated people, according to The Associated Press.
The CDC found that black and Hispanic Americans were hospitalized with COVID-19, 3.7 and 4.1 times the number of whites, respectively.
White New Yorkers over 65 were vaccinated more quickly, while Asian, Latino, and black vaccine recipients were slightly younger. Health workers were first given access to the vaccine in New York City.
About 148,000 people received both injections needed for the complete Moderna and Pfizer vaccine in New York City.
Johnson & Johnson, which just reported a 66% effectiveness for preventing COVID-19 from using its single-dose vaccine, is expected to file an emergency permit with the Food and Drug Administration within weeks.
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Experts warned that black Americans and other color communities may be hesitant to get vaccinated in the US because of a history of racist medical experimentation or a general distrust of healthcare, Insider’s Aria Bendix reported. For example, Latino Americans who communicate in Spanish have missed crucial information about the vaccine because of the language gap.
Residents of Washington Heights, a predominantly Latino neighborhood, said a nearby vaccination meant to benefit the community gave many doses to whites from other parts of the city and the state, according to The City. Some people training outside the site were unable to communicate with the Spanish-speaking residents.