HOT TAKE!
New Am. Journal of Prev. Med. (#AJPM) publication from @wrigleyfield on inequitable #COVID deaths among non-white populations despite HIGHER vaccination rates (than white).
This DOES NOT mean that vaccines aren't useful.
This DOES mean that #SystemicRacism and #SocialDeterminantsOfHealth are very real and significantly impact health!
For example, non-white folks are more commonly "essential" (non-remote) workers, speaking to my own #OccEnvMed expertise...
https://www.ajpmonline.org/article/S0749-3797(22)00419-6/fulltext
#ajpm #COVID #SystemicRacism #socialdeterminantsofhealth #occenvmed