
Presence Is Not Inclusion: Race and Ethnic Disparities in Florida’s Vaccine Distribution
Presence is not Inclusion April 19, 2021 Florida has very large racial and ethnic disparities in its administration of COVID-19 vaccines, despite having a significant number of majority-minority counties and a large number of Black and Latinx residents overall. The lack of a state-wide vaccine equity plan allows these disparities to occur and reflects a lack of commitment by the state to an equitable distribution plan. The Latinx population has experienced a disproportionate share of COVID-19 cases in Florida. Figure 1 below shows that the Latinx COVID-19 case rate (37%) is ten percentage points higher than their share of the