Vaccine equity is when everyone
has fair and just access to COVID-19 vaccination. Many social,
geographic, political, economic, and environmental factors can create
challenges to vaccination access and acceptance, which often affect
racial and ethnic minority groups. Some of these factors include:
- Education,
income, and wealth gaps
- Job
access and working conditions
- Racism
and other forms of discrimination
- Gaps in
healthcare access
- Transportation
and neighborhood conditions
- Lack of
trust as a result of past medical racism and experimentation
Because of these and other
challenges, some Black or African American people and Hispanic or
Latino people are less likely to be vaccinated against COVID-19 than
people in other racial and ethnic minority groups and non-Hispanic
White people.
