Tag Archives: Racial Disparities

Race Versus Time: Targeting Vaccine To The Most Vulnerable Is No Speedy Task By Yuki Noguchi Early in the pandemic, San Diego County recognized its COVID-19 relief efforts needed to reach its large Latino population, and set up a task force in June to lay out plans — well ahead of when vaccines became available. Last …

By JEFF MCDONALD, LYNDSAY WINKLEY January, 17, 2021 San Diego County supervisors last week formally defined racism as a public health crisis, acknowledging for the first time that a broad and baked-in prejudice underpins virtually every aspect of public policy. The unanimous declaration came days ahead of the national holiday honoring the Rev. Dr. Martin …