More data is emerging showing major racial disparities in who is receiving vaccinations. In New York City, just 11% of shots so far went to Black people, who represent 24% of the population, and 15% went to Latinx people, who make up 29% of the city’s population — even in predominantly Latinx neighborhoods like Washington Heights, where vaccination sites reported high numbers of white people from outside the community getting the shot.
In Los Angeles, the number of Latinx patients dying daily from COVID-19 has shot up by over 1,000% since November. Latinx people are now succumbing to the disease at a rate over one-and-a-half times that of all Los Angeles residents.
In other news from L.A., Dodger Stadium’s COVID-19 vaccination center — one of the largest vaccination sites in the country — was forced to shut down briefly Saturday after anti-vaccination and far-right protesters blocked its entrance.