This article explores how a California program intended to improve COVID-19 vaccine availability to people in hard-hit communities of color was misused by outsiders who used appointments reserved for residents of underserved Black and Latino areas.
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This article explores how a California program intended to improve COVID-19 vaccine availability to people in hard-hit communities of color was misused by outsiders who used appointments reserved for residents of underserved Black and Latino areas.