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COVID-19 cases have plummeted in Philly, but vaccinating the holdouts remains a struggle

COVID-19’s grip on Philadelphia has been profoundly loosened, with some areas seeing only a handful of cases a month, but inequities that have persevered throughout the pandemic continue.

Yushan Chou (left) and Alisha Mays knock on doors in the North Philadelphia neighborhood to incentivize people to get vaccinated. Philadelphia has seen disparities in vaccination between the city’s wealthiest zip codes and its poorer ones.
Yushan Chou (left) and Alisha Mays knock on doors in the North Philadelphia neighborhood to incentivize people to get vaccinated. Philadelphia has seen disparities in vaccination between the city’s wealthiest zip codes and its poorer ones.Read moreMIGUEL MARTINEZ / For the Inquirer