Covid-19 vaccination disparities: There's more to it than you’d think

A link between vehicle ownership and COVID-19 vaccinations? Researchers found they are tied to each other more than you’d think.

Racial disparities exist in COVID-19 vaccination rates, which has confounded some analysts, resulting in researchers trying to fix them. A team from CDHAI, along with the University of Maryland, set out to find the root cause of these inequities.

Researchers found a study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, specifying 15 social determinants of health, all correlated to racial disparities in COVID-19 vaccination status between black and white populations.

Factors such as vehicle ownership status, home internet access, and close accessibility of different health care facilities all play a role into the likelihood of receiving a vaccine.

Income, educational attainment, and political ideology were found to be the biggest factors for racial disparities in vaccination rates. These factors, both socioeconomic and political, play a large role in COVID-19 vaccination rates, and are not factors for flu or other vaccinations.