Only one in three Black New Yorkers eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine actually took a chance, according to information released on the official tracker. The trend applies to older black residents as well as black essential workers.
African Americans make up 13% of those eligible over the age of 65, but so far they have taken only 4% of the group’s vaccine doses. Similarly, older Latinos received about half of their required award; they received 5% of the vaccinations but consist of 12% of this phase 1b group.
The opposite applies to white and Asian people aged 65 and older, both of whom already offset their expected share of vaccine dosage. Older white adults make up 77% of those eligible, and they received 78% of the vaccinations. Older Asians make up 7% of the group and had 8% of the vaccinations.
This state data is up to date on February 4 and separates race from ethnicity. It also breaks down differences between hospital workers in phase 1a and essential workers in phase 1b, such as teachers and transit workers.
Black essential workers also received less than a third of their share of the vaccine.
White and Asian essential workers were fully covered, while Latino members of this group took about three out of every four doses expected of them.
City and state officials said the racial differences in the vaccination program were caused by vaccine vaccinations as well as access challenges.
“This is a real challenge, and I do not believe in camouflaging a problem, because you never solve a problem that you do not want to acknowledge,” Governor Andrew Cuomo told state data at a news conference on Friday. . “We expected it. We talked about it early. We address it. But it still exists.”
Cuomo believes the data from hospital workers – who have direct access to shots through their medical institutions – suggests that vaccine vaccination is a major challenge among Black New Yorkers.
Among hospital workers, 17% of employees are African-American, but so far only 10% are vaccine recipients. White hospital workers make up 70% of the group and 63% of the vaccinations. Asian and Latino hospital workers have been over-represented in state data since February 4, indicating that their groups are fully covered by the vaccine.
State officials have also released per province vaccination rates among hospital workers, which vary between different regions in the state. Among the five districts, Staten Island has the highest percentage of hospital workers receiving at least one dose at 81%. This is followed by Manhattan at 78%, the Bronx at 74%, Queens at 73% and Brooklyn at 62%. Albany, Rensselaer and Cayuga counties are the highest in the state, with at least nine out of ten hospital workers being vaccinated.
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Cuomo and Mayor Bill de Blasio have been highlighting the importance of the vaccine for months. Both spoke to faith leaders and addressed congregations. They set up vaccination stations in colorful neighborhoods and public housing complexes and launched campaigns to encourage people to be vaccinated.
Local data were released a few months after vaccination and show that efforts were not enough to prevent a recurrence of racial differences during the peak of COVID-19 infections and deaths. Black and Hispanic New Yorkers die from COVID-19 at nearly twice the number of white NYC residents.
A poll by the Association for a Better New York, released in late January, indicates that vaccination of the vaccine is higher among residents of Black, Latino and Asia in New York, although this survey was not representative and biased. was for people with internet access. But access challenges in the distribution have also plagued the vaccination campaign from the start – from a patchwork of various websites to navigate and linguistic barriers to criticism that officials have not done as many community outreaches as they should have.
Not all New Yorkers also have access to broadband Internet. For those over 65 living alone, 40% have broadband at home, and although NYC 51% are black and Hispanic, less than half of the households with broadband are among the groups, according to city statistics published in January around the Internet and everyone.