Covid-19 vaccine mandates should avoid colonial and controlling pitfalls

By Kyle Knight

Second, it’s critical to remember that availability does not mean accessibility. For example in the US and the UK, where vaccines are abundant, significant disparitiesalong race and socio-economic lines persist. Systemic racism and structural injustices such as discrimination in healthcare settings skews access and uptake. In Washington D.C., the US capital, Kaiser Family Foundation data shows that while Black people make up 46 percent of the population, they have received only 43 percent of vaccinations, but account for 56 percent of cases, and 71 percent of deaths. The pattern is repeated in other states where data are available. Analysis of 20 million patient records in the UK revealed that while 95 percent of people over 50 in the most affluent parts of the country had received a vaccine by mid-August, that coverage dropped to 88 percent in the poorest areas.

Covid-19 vaccine mandates should avoid colonial and controlling pitfalls

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