Vaccine Distribution: An Equity Challenge

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🗓️ 2 March 2021

⏱️ 13 minutes

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The Biden Administration has prioritized speed in its COVID-19 vaccine rollout. Also, a priority...distributing those doses to the populations most impacted by the coronavirus. Host Maddie Sofia talks with NPR science reporter Pien Huang about the challenges underserved communities face in getting the vaccine and the Biden Administration's plans to address vaccine equity in the pandemic.

For more reporting on the COVID-19 vaccine, follow Pien on Twitter at @Pien_Huang. You can email the show at [email protected].

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0:00.0	You're listening to shortwave from NPR.
0:04.4	Maddie Sifai here with NPR Science Reporter Peng Huang Hai Peng.
0:09.0	Hey Maddie.
0:10.0	So last time we had you on the pod, it was back in November and you were giving us this
0:15.4	little sneak peek into how COVID-19 vaccines might be distributed in the US.
0:21.0	Do you remember that Peng?
0:22.5	Do you remember November?
0:24.0	Wow.
0:25.0	That was a really long time ago.
0:28.0	I mean, the last time we talked, the country was still in a limbo over who would be president.
0:33.4	There were no COVID vaccines that had been authorized and that was just three months ago, but it
0:37.6	feels like a whole lifetime.
0:39.4	We were so young.
0:40.4	We were so young.
0:41.4	So babies.
0:42.4	So, okay, Peng.
0:44.6	Vaccine distribution, big picture.
0:46.6	How's it going?
0:47.6	Well, the vaccine rollout got off to a rough start under President Trump.
0:51.6	And for President Biden, one of his big priorities has been to try and speed it up.
0:55.9	His administration set an early goal for his first 100 days.
0:59.2	Here's Biden speaking on December 8, 2020, describing his administration's COVID-19 plan.
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