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Racial inequities in vaccination are emerging again, this time among Philly’s elementary-age kids

From vaccines for kids to COVID treatments, old inequalities appear to be reasserting themselves.

Shelah McMillan, Nursing Supervisor, gives Oliver Johnson, 3, his covid vaccine shot with his family at Doctor Ala Stanford Center for Health Equity in Philadelphia, Pa., on Thursday, June 23, 2022.
Shelah McMillan, Nursing Supervisor, gives Oliver Johnson, 3, his covid vaccine shot with his family at Doctor Ala Stanford Center for Health Equity in Philadelphia, Pa., on Thursday, June 23, 2022.Read moreTYGER WILLIAMS / Staff Photographer