COVID-19 vaccine issues: Stories from COVID-19 Data Dispatch readers across the U.S.

October 1, 2023.Reading time 7 minutes.

Last week, I asked you, COVID-19 Data Dispatch readers, to send me your stories of challenges you experienced when trying to get this fall’s COVID-19 vaccines. I received 35 responses from readers across the country, demonstrating issues with insurance coverage, pharmacy logistics, and more.

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Sources and updates, February 5

February 5, 2023.Reading time 4 minutes.

Sources and updates for the week of February 5 include modeling persistent COVID-19 risk, global vaccination coverage, COVID-related lawsuits, and more.

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Five more things, February 20

February 20, 2022.Reading time 5 minutes.

A few additional news items from this week, including U.S. deaths caused by Omicron, failure to meet WHO vaccination targets, and a large event that turned out to not be a superspreader.

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Sources and updates, February 6

February 6, 2022.Reading time 2 minutes.

Featured sources for the week of February 6 include vaccination coverage among dialysis patients and in the LGBTQ+ community, and the effectiveness of masking for children.

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CDC says 80% of teachers and childcare workers are vaccinated, fails to provide more specifics

April 11, 2021.Reading time 10 minutes.

This past Tuesday, April 6, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention put out a press release that I found heartening, yet confusing. “Nearly 80 percent of teachers, school staff, and childcare workers receive at least one shot of COVID-19 vaccine,” the release proclaims. These vaccinations include “more than 2 million” people in these professions who received doses through the federal retail pharmacy program and “5-6 million” vaccinated through state programs, all of whom received shots before the end of March.

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Federal data updates, Feb. 7

February 7, 2021.Reading time 3 minutes.

Since our main stories this week focused on NYC, here are a couple of updates from the federal public health agencies. This includes CDC vaccination data, vaccination demographics, and a survey from the Department of Education.

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Access barriers lead to vaccination disparity in NYC

February 7, 2021.Reading time 10 minutes.

27 states are now reporting race and ethnicity data for their vaccinations. This week, New York joined that number. New York City also started reporting these data last Sunday, as I noted in that day’s issue. Despite promises from city and state leadership to prioritize equity in the vaccine rollout, the numbers so far are showing white New Yorkers getting vaccinated at much higher rates than their Black and Hispanic/Latino neighbors.

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