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Section 18: Worcester County
Subject: Woke Worcester Msg# 1129460

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Daria Uhlig

Joined 8/28/2010

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Marty Clarke (Read) Past OPA Board Member

Joined 8/15/2004

There's a story behind every set of data, and this article does a superb job of telling it. But nowhere does it dismiss the disparity as "poor choice" or dismiss racism as a factor contributing to these individuals' hesitancy.

>>An examination of city and federal vaccination data and interviews with more than 20 researchers, doctors, health officials and residents in the nation’s sixth-largest city opens a window onto the missteps and misunderstandings, the legacy and loss that have fostered the disproportionate pain of death and disease in communities of color. Coronavirus immunizations are the latest iteration of the pandemic’s unequal burden.
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>>To help gain a deeper understanding of vaccination efforts in Philadelphia, Nwakanma, at the request of The Washington Post, recorded an audio journal documenting her experiences in the emergency room in the days leading up to the final mass community vaccination clinic run by the world-renowned academic medical center in late May. The accounts sketch a portrait of how environmental, economic and political factors entwine, putting Black people at higher risk of chronic conditions that leave immune systems vulnerable while fueling the misinformation, mistrust and fear that leave them unprotected.
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A higher percentage of people of color say they intend to get the vaccine than have gotten it, suggesting that many are waiting to get it or have barriers to getting it despite the that's been done to make the vaccines accessible.

Not so among other groups. Republicans, for instance. According a The Wall Street Journal article, 80% of Democrats had received at least one vaccine dose by the June 6 publication date and only about half of Republicans had. A Marist poll done last month found that 41% of Republicans vs. 5% of Democrats say they will not get vaccinated...

Is the story behind those data sets as simple as Republicans making poorer choices than Democrats?

>>https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2021/06/27/why-black-americans-arent-being-vaccinated/

For reference, the above message is a reply to a message where:
Daria:

There is a article in today’s Washington Post which might prove both of our arguments.

Dan Keating, writing about racial divide and COVID vaccinations reports that in Philadelphia federal figures show “higher percentages of Black residents having some of the lowest vaccination rates in the country” in spite of a very one sided effort to provide for that black population. He goes on to write that “data shows that while 52% of white people have received at least one dose of vaccine, just 34% black people have.”

There is your answer. Not discrimination, poor choices.

Marty

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