About two-thirds of those doses are going to white people. At the same time, white people make up just 40% of the county’s confirmed positive cases, which suggests the doses aren’t necessarily going to where the disease is most rampant. However, the demographics of those being vaccinated correlates closely to where the most COVID deaths have occurred, likely because the city’s older population and nursing homes skew whiter.
Compared with the need, the fire department’s efforts are minuscule. But the numbers are adding up; since Jan. 14, the department has doled out over 1,500 shots in 82 locations across the city. Wallace said the team is likely to receive an
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