Colorado’s wealthiest areas have highest vaccination rates
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Colorado’s wealthiest areas have highest vaccination rates
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save In the first two months of the state’s effort to administer COVID-19 vaccinations, data tracking the progress has shown Black and Hispanic Coloradans lagging behind white Coloradans, and newly released, more granular information confirm the trend, but also reveal that the wealthiest parts of the […]
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