ABC News, March 6, 2021.
In some states, those who need the COVID-19 shot the most have no way to get it….Millions live in ‘pharmacy deserts’ with limited access to COVID-19 vaccine in US.
In Chicago, at least a third of the population — or nearly 1 million people — lives in a pharmacy desert, or an area with less than one pharmacy per 10,000 residents, according to Dima Mazen Qato, an associate professor at the University of Southern California School of Pharmacy. Most of those pharmacy deserts are in Black and brown communities.