大约四分之一的加州人口注射了一针冠状病毒疫苗根据疾病控制和预防中心的数据，到目前为止。然而，到目前为止，大部分的疫苗似乎都是注射给那些比其他人更不容易受到伤害的人群。
州卫生官员表示，他们正在努力提高这些数字。
疾病预防控制中心发布报告上周，根据“社会脆弱性”衡量了该县的疫苗接种情况。脆弱性指数包括几个因素，包括种族、教育、贫困水平和住房，该机构指出，这也与冠状病毒感染率较高有关。
“这项研究的结果表明，新冠肺炎疫苗接种覆盖率在高脆弱性县比低脆弱性县低，这一发现主要是由社会经济差异驱动的，”报告说。
露西·尼克尔森/路透社，档案
2021年3月12日，人们在洛杉矶等待接受第二次冠状病毒(新冠肺炎)疫苗接种。
该报告审查了12月14日至3月1日期间分发的大约4900万张照片。在该报告调查的48个州中，在社会最脆弱的县的居民中，加州在接种疫苗方面排名第44位。疾控中心说，大约四分之一的疫苗注射到了这些县。
在最脆弱的县中，疫苗分发排在加利福尼亚之后的州是堪萨斯州、马里兰州、爱达荷州和新罕布什尔州。
疾控中心的报告承认，各州有不同的疫苗接种推广策略，而且由于剂量是根据人口密度发放的，不太脆弱的县可能接受了更多的疫苗接种。该机构还重申，每个州的合格患者优先名单是不同的。
在推出的前几个月，加州优先考虑医务人员、老年人和风险最高的居民。
阿普·戈麦斯/法新社通过盖蒂图像，文件
医务人员将注射器装满由护士管理的现代新冠肺炎疫苗
疾控中心强调了蒙大拿州、亚利桑那州和阿拉斯加州，那里40%的疫苗流向了社会高度脆弱的县。报告指出，这些国家通过外联，特别是通过以下方式，及早采取行动解决弱势群体问题部落卫生组织，将镜头对准这些社区，在某些情况下，还提供免费的交通工具。
该报告建议，“疫苗接种的推广、推广和管理可能侧重于县内高度脆弱的人群(例如，当发现社会经济差异时，向联邦合格的卫生中心提供资源)”。
3月4日，加州州长加文·纽瑟姆和州卫生官员宣布了一项计划，将对重灾区的疫苗分配增加一倍，以解决疫苗推广的不公平问题。加州公共卫生部在对美国广播公司新闻的一份声明中说，疾控中心的报告强调了他们最近为向该州最脆弱的社区注射疫苗所做的努力。
露西·尼克尔森/路透社，档案
73岁的露西尔·道格拉斯在洛杉矶接受了第二次冠状病毒(新冠肺炎)疫苗接种
该部门在声明中说:“随着全州疫苗网络的实施，该州将能够准确收集谁接种了疫苗的数据，并将疫苗和资源导向接种滞后的社区。”
California among worst in getting vaccines to vulnerable populations, CDC report finds
About a quarter of California's population hasreceived one shot of the coronavirus vaccineso far, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. However, most of the shots so far appear to have gone to populations that are less vulnerable than others.
State health officials say they are working to improve those numbers.
The CDCissued a reportlast week that measured county's vaccine rollouts with regards to "social vulnerability." The vulnerability index included several factors including race, education, poverty level and housing, which the agency noted has also been linked to higher coronavirus rates.
"The results of this study indicate that COVID-19 vaccination coverage was lower in high vulnerability counties than in low vulnerability counties, a finding largely driven by socioeconomic disparities," the report said.
The report examined roughly 49 million shots distributed between Dec. 14 and March 1. Of the 48 states surveyed in the report, California ranked 44th when it came to vaccinations among residents in the highest socially vulnerable counties. About one in four shots went to those counties, the CDC said.
The states that ranked below California in vaccine distribution in the most vulnerable counties were Kansas, Maryland, Idaho and New Hampshire.
The CDC report acknowledged that states have different vaccination rollout strategies and that because doses were given out based on population densities, less vulnerable counties may have received more of the shots. The agency also reiterated that each state's priority list for eligible patients differed.
During the earlier months of the rollout, California prioritized medical workers, the elderly and the highest risk residents.
The CDC highlighted Montana, Arizona and Alaska, where 40% of the vaccines went to high socially vulnerable counties. The report noted that those states took early action to address vulnerable populations through outreach, particularly throughtribal health organizations, directing the shots to those communities and, in some cases, offering free transportation to sites.
"Vaccination promotion, outreach, and administration might focus on high vulnerability populations within counties (e.g., providing resources to federally qualified health centers when socioeconomic disparities are identified)," the report recommended.
On March 4, California Gov. Gavin Newsom and state health officials announced a plan to double the allocation of vaccines to the hardest-hit areas in order to address the inequities of the vaccine rollout. In a statement to ABC News, the California Department of Public Health said the CDC report underscores their latest efforts to get the shots to the state's most vulnerable communities.
"With the implementation of the Statewide Vaccine Network, the state will be able to accurately collect data on who has been vaccinated and direct vaccines and resources to communities where vaccinations have lagged," the department said in the statement.
