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Race And Regulation Podcast Episode 8 - Vaccination Equity By Design, Olatunde C. Johnson
Race And Regulation Podcast Episode 8 - Vaccination Equity By Design, Olatunde C. Johnson
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Racial disparities have occurred in COVID-19’s health effects and fatalities. They have persisted through the rollout of COVID-19 vaccines too, which saw a greater uptake in socioeconomically privileged segments of the population. These outcomes did not have to occur. Olatunde Johnson of Columbia Law School discusses how regulators could have made different policy design choices to promote greater equity in the vaccine rollout—and she draws key lessons not only for the next public health emergency but also for improving racial equity more generally.