Vaccine Clinics Push For Equity Across Sacramento Area – Yahoo News
There was a weekend push for vaccine equity this weekend as clinics targeted certain demographics around the Sacramento area to close the gap.
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– A weekend push for vaccine equity. Clinics targeting certain demographics around the Sacramento area today and working to close the equity gap seen across the state. CBS 13’s Heather Janssen live in Del Paso Heights. Heather?
HEATHER JANSSEN: Yeah, hey, Marley. One clinic here in Del Paso Heights certainly has equity as a goal today. They gave out 1,000 shots. A majority of them, I’m told, to people of color. But from a bigger perspective, they say more needs to be done.
Saturday shots in Del Paso Heights. Robert Ellis, pulling up for his. This clinic meeting him closer to home.
– It was just being able just to pop up was so convenient for me.
– But lack of convenience and access, a major factor in what’s keeping some from getting the shot. Across the state, vaccine equity data shows nearly 40% of doses have gone to white populations, and Robert says, he’s not surprised.
– The resources are better, and then, at the same time, you know, once we get those resources, it’s kind of like– it kind of feels like a set up sometimes.
– Communities of color still trailing far behind. Despite more and more vaccines being given out, numbers are seemingly stagnant since the state began tracking. This Natomas clinic is filled with people trying to help the Latin X population, one hardest hit by COVID.
– There’s a lot of fear right now that we need to overcome.
– Grassroots efforts finding people in their own neighborhoods. Dr. [? Kohana ?] Carter has been on the ground, educating people for months, but says more needs to be done.
– We need more public service advertisements. We need more trusted messengers to really push the issue now.
– Well, here in Del Paso Heights, they don’t let a shot go to waste at this clinic. They will literally chase someone down to take it. They’re out here every single weekend. As for other vaccine clinics, the Mexican Consulate in Natomas does host vaccinations every weekday.