California's vaccine plan will prioritize Blacks and Latinos, among others. Here's why [sacbee.com]

Rafael Maravilla(PACEs Connection Staff) 11/19/207:50 PM

By Hannah Wiley and Kim Bojorquez, The Sacramento Bee, November 19, 2020

Take a look at California’s COVID-19 caseload maps, and it’s easy to spot where rates are highest: in some of the state’s most diverse and low-income communities.

The virus has ravaged urban centers like Los Angeles, infiltrated rural Imperial County and flooded the farmlands of the Central Valley.

But COVID-19 does not claim its victims equally. Latinos make up 40% of the Golden State’s population, but 60% of its COVID-19 cases and 48.5% of its deaths. Only 6% of Californians are Black, but 7.4% of COVID-19 deaths.

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