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3. Minneapolis: have received at least one dose: whites: 71%, Hispanics: 35%, Blacks: 28%,
Sat May 15, 2021, 02:44 PM
May 2021
71% of white people living in Minneapolis have received at least one dose. It falls to 35% for Hispanic people, and 28% of Black and African-Americans,
5/14/21

https://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2021/05/14/despite-end-of-mandate-many-minnesotans-not-ready-to-drop-the-masks/

Something is not quite right in my mind with the common DU narrative that people who are not vaccinated by now deserve their fate.

I don't know how to explain this. I don't have a car, but vaccination openings are widely available (practically every hour of the day everywhere) at numerous pharmacies and community vaccination sites within walking distance or one bus / rail trip (not this take one bus and then wait 35 minutes to take another and then another crap). The community sites are walk-in.

The city and county are doing some things like mobile clinics, but not enough. Seems like there ought to be a squad of volunteers with tablets or something that help people set up appointments and get to them.

Edited to add another statistic that comes to mind: a guest on the PBS Newshour last night (5/14/21) said only 36% of the American population is fully vaccinated (yes, this includes children). The percentage for African Americans is 28%.
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