Kenan-Flagler Business School, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, 27599, USA.
Cedar Grove Institute for Sustainable Communities, 619 Lee Street, Mebane, NC, 27302, USA.
J Racial Ethn Health Disparities. 2021 Aug;8(4):799-802. doi: 10.1007/s40615-021-01051-2. Epub 2021 May 4.
Strikingly ignoring the critical impact of systemic racism in vulnerabilities to the deadly coronavirus, phase one of the vaccine rollout is not reaching the Black population that has suffered the most from COVID. An urgent need exists for a race-conscious approach that ensures equitable opportunities to both access and receive the vaccines.
令人震惊的是,疫苗接种计划的第一阶段完全忽略了系统性种族主义对致命冠状病毒脆弱性的重大影响,而没有覆盖到受新冠疫情影响最严重的黑人。当务之急是采取一种有意识的种族措施,确保所有人都有平等的机会获得和接种疫苗。