Research: Black, Hispanic and Asian Minnesotans under 65 more likely to be vaccinated against COVID-19 — and more likely to die of it

By FYH News Team

Published on December 20, 2022

At the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, health care providers saw the disproportionate impact the virus had on populations of color.

Minnesota’s populations of color were hospitalized at higher rates and also died at higher rates than white Minnesotans.

“We were seeing large populations of people of color in our ICUs (Intensive Care Units), having the harder time with COVID,” said Nneka Sederstrom, the chief health equity officer for Hennepin Healthcare.

In fact, new research finds that despite higher levels of vaccination during the delta and omicron waves of the pandemic, Minnesotans of color under age 65 were more likely to die of the virus than white Minnesotans in the same age group. The findings underscore underlying inequalities that impact Minnesota’s populations of color.

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