Communities of color getting left behind in vaccine rollout

States are struggling to deliver more COVID-19 vaccines to communities of color as scrutiny increases over a racial inequity in the number of shots administered across the country.Officials have grappled with how to fairly distribute limited supply of Pfizer and Moderna vaccines, often prioritizing the elderly, health care workers and other front-line workers for the first doses. The Hill, Read More.

Mississippi continues pause on Johnson & Johnson vaccine as most states resume use

At least 32 states have resumed the use of Johnson & Johnson’s one-shot COVID-19 vaccine, but Mississippi is not one of them. “As of now, the Mississippi State Department of Health continues to pause Johnson and Johnson vaccine. Mississippi Today, Read More.
COVID vaccine doses are going to waste on the MS Coast. ‘I don’t know what else to do.’

Last week, Hancock County pharmacist Rudy Letellier was desperate to use more than 100 doses of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine before they expired. He called several employers and local government agencies asking if they’d like his staff to come vaccinate employees on-site. Most never got back to him. The Harrison County Sheriff’s Department did, but when pharmacists spent several hours there on Tuesday afternoon, only eight employees wanted the shot. Sun Herald, Read More.