{"id":196338,"date":"2021-03-07T20:35:57","date_gmt":"2021-03-07T17:35:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/white-house-covid-official-admits-vaccine-inequality-is-unacceptable\/"},"modified":"2021-03-07T20:35:57","modified_gmt":"2021-03-07T17:35:57","slug":"white-house-covid-official-admits-vaccine-inequality-is-unacceptable","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/white-house-covid-official-admits-vaccine-inequality-is-unacceptable\/","title":{"rendered":"#White House COVID official admits vaccine inequality is ‘unacceptable’"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#White House COVID official admits vaccine inequality is ‘unacceptable’<\/strong>”
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White House Coronavirus Response Coordinator Jeff Zients admitted Sunday that it was \u201cunacceptable\u201d that people of color have received the vaccine at lower rates around the country.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat is unacceptable. Communities of color have been hit disproportionally hard by this disease, suffering death rates twice the average,\u201d Zients told NBC anchor Chuck Todd on \u201cMeet the Press\u201d<\/a> when confronted with showing the disparity in Washington, DC.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo it\u2019s really, really important that when we come to vaccine distribution that we do it in a fair and equitable way, the situation that you\u2019re describing is not fair and equitable.\u201d<\/p>\n

Zients said that federal programs have been established to ensure that vaccines are more easily accessible in these communities in the future.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe need to bring vaccines to people where they are, which is why community health centers are so important they serve over 30 million Americans,\u201d he said. \u201cTwo-thirds of those that use community health centers live below the poverty line, 60 percent come from communities of color. That\u2019s why the president established a program to send vaccines directly to community health centers.\u201d<\/p>\n

He said that the feds are also using mobile units to \u201creach people where they are\u201d and designed the pharmacy program to focus on giving the shots to \u201cdisadvantaged\u201d areas \u2014 but said states had to be \u201caccountable.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are holding states and governors accountable for fair and equitable distribution of the vaccine.\u201d<\/p>\n

Zients said the US is currently averaging about 2.2 million shots administered per day.<\/p>\n

He added that the US being on track to have enough COVID-19 shots for every adult American this spring is \u201creally big progress\u201d from when President Biden entered office.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s really big progress to have enough vaccine supply for all adult Americans by the end of May,\u201d Zients said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen we walked into office, six, seven weeks ago, there was not enough supply and it was pushed much further out.\u201d<\/p>\n

Zients credited the Biden administration for invoking the Defense Production Act\u00a0to enable drugmaker Merck to ramp up its facilities in order to help rival Johnson & Johnson with vaccination production.<\/p>\n

\u201cThee actions by the president, including using the Defense Production Act and bringing Merck and Johnson together into a historic partnership, have accelerated our ability to have enough vaccine by the end of May for all adult Americans,\u201d Zients said. \u201cThat\u2019s progress and that is really important.\u201d\n <\/p><\/div>\n

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