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Young man being vaccinated

Vaccine equity promotes health equity

The current pandemic has exposed many cracks in the U.S. public health system including the stark racial inequities and structural racism that are part of health care in America. Black, Brown and Indigenous people continue to die from COVID-19 at twice the rate of White people, and White people are getting vaccinated at a rate of two to three times more than people of color.  While recent national trends suggest a narrowing of racial gaps in vaccinations, particularly for Hispanic people, disparities persist. Many factors—implicit and explicit—in the public health system have exacerbated inequities during the COVID-19 crisis. “The coronavirus

Black and white photo of Dr. David R. Williams, sociologist and chair of the Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences at Harvard University and a member of W.K. Kellogg Foundation's Solidarity Council on Racial Equity.

A wider lens on the impact of COVID-19

A sociologist and chair of the Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences at Harvard University, Dr. David R. Williams speaks about the coronavirus and the complex ways that socioeconomic status, race, stress and racism affect health in the U.S. Today, Dr. Williams serves on the W.K. Kellogg Foundation’s Solidarity Council on Racial Equity (SCoRE) and joins his voice with other thought leaders committed to widening the lens on equity.

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