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Disparities in SARS-CoV-2 vaccination-to-infection risk during pandemic

JAMA Health Forum

Peer-Reviewed Publication

JAMA Network

What The Study Did: This analysis of SARS-CoV-2 vaccination in Massachusetts indicated structural disparity in vaccine distribution with lower vaccine coverage to infection risk in communities with increased socioeconomic vulnerability and larger proportions of Black and Latinx individuals.

Authors: Scott Dryden-Peterson, M.D., M.Sc., of Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, is the corresponding author.

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(doi:10.1001/jamahealthforum.2021.2666)

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