Asian Americans have high vaccine rates, but it hasn’t come easy, nonprofit groups say. - NBCAsianAmerica
of Asian American adults are fully vaccinated — more than 20 percent higher than the rate for white adults.
From February to May, South Philadelphia’s Southeast Asian and Black enclaves became “vaccine deserts” that suffered from a severe supply shortage, said Thoai Nguyen, executive director of Southeast Asian Mutual Assistance Association Coalition.
Organizers with Boat People SOS, a nonprofit group that serves Mississippi’s roughly 10,000 Vietnamese refugees and immigrants, have been signing people up for appointments at churches, temples and nail salons. Over the past year, the group also held various Covid-19 workshops where medical experts explained how the doses worked.in four
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