Health Equity

Health experts want to prioritize people of color for a Covid-19 vaccine. But how should it be done?

Abstract: Public health experts support giving preference for a Covid-19 vaccine to communities that have experienced high rates of illness.

Publication: STAT

Date Published: November 9, 2020

Author(s): Nicholas St. Fleur

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