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In early COVID-19 vaccine roll-out, health facilities in US metropolitan areas with a high proportion of Black citizens were less likely to administer immunizations – indicating a possible vaccine access barrier

07.28.22 | PLOS

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In early COVID-19 vaccine roll-out, health facilities in US metropolitan areas with a high proportion of Black citizens were less likely to administer immunizations – indicating a possible vaccine access barrier
Preparation of Vaccine for Administration Credit: Mat Napo, Unsplash (CC0, https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)

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Author Countries : United States

Funding: The author(s) received no specific funding for this work.

PLOS Medicine

10.1371/journal.pmed.1004069

Observational study

People

Disparities in distribution of COVID-19 vaccines across US counties: A geographic information system–based cross-sectional study

Competing interests: I have read the journal’s policy and the authors of this manuscript have the following competing interests: IH reports consulting fees from Pfizer, outside of the submitted work.

Keywords

Covid 19 Health and Medicine Immunology Medical Facilities Public Health Vaccination Virology

Article Information

Journal
PLOS Medicine
DOI
10.1371/journal.pmed.1004069
Method of Research
Observational study
Subject of Research
People
Article Title
Disparities in distribution of COVID-19 vaccines across US counties: A geographic information system–based cross-sectional study
COI Statement
Competing interests: I have read the journal’s policy and the authors of this manuscript have the following competing interests: IH reports consulting fees from Pfizer, outside of the submitted work.

Contact Information

Claire Turner
PLOS
medicinepress@plos.org

How to Cite This Article

APA:
PLOS. (2022, July 28). In early COVID-19 vaccine roll-out, health facilities in US metropolitan areas with a high proportion of Black citizens were less likely to administer immunizations – indicating a possible vaccine access barrier. Brightsurf News. https://www.brightsurf.com/news/86ZJKZM8/in-early-covid-19-vaccine-roll-out-health-facilities-in-us-metropolitan-areas-with-a-high-proportion-of-black-citizens-were-less-likely-to-administer-immunizations-indicating-a-possible-vaccine-access.html
MLA:
"In early COVID-19 vaccine roll-out, health facilities in US metropolitan areas with a high proportion of Black citizens were less likely to administer immunizations – indicating a possible vaccine access barrier." Brightsurf News, Jul. 28 2022, https://www.brightsurf.com/news/86ZJKZM8/in-early-covid-19-vaccine-roll-out-health-facilities-in-us-metropolitan-areas-with-a-high-proportion-of-black-citizens-were-less-likely-to-administer-immunizations-indicating-a-possible-vaccine-access.html.