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How Boston closed the racial gap in vaccinations and is tackling new disparities in bivalent boosters

Por: The Boston Globe Nation December 19, 2022

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As COVID cases, hospitalizations, and deaths climb in Massachusetts and across the country for the third winter in a row, public health officials worry that only 11.8 percent of Boston residents have received the Omicron-specific bivalent booster. Those numbers are even lower in communities that have disproportionately struggled with COVID-19, such as Black and Latino communities.Only 8.1 percent of Boston’s Hispanic residents and 9.3 percent... + full article



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