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In early COVID-19 vaccine roll-out, health facilities in US metropolitan areas with a high proportion of Black citizens were less likely to administer immunizations – indicating a possible vaccine access barrier

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In early COVID-19 vaccine roll-out, health facilities in US metropolitan areas with a high proportion of Black citizens were less likely to administer immunizations – indicating a possible vaccine access barrier

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Author Countries: United States

Funding: The author(s) received no specific funding for this work.

Journal

PLOS Medicine

DOI

10.1371/journal.pmed.1004069

Method of Research

Observational study

Subject of Research

People

Article Title

Disparities in distribution of COVID-19 vaccines across US counties: A geographic information system–based cross-sectional study

COI Statement

Competing interests: I have read the journal’s policy and the authors of this manuscript have the following competing interests: IH reports consulting fees from Pfizer, outside of the submitted work.

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