According to a story in The Daily Mail, 25 states say they will give preference to African-American and Hispanic residents when determining who gets the shots first.
Alabama is not one of them.
In fact most of the states that were part of the confederacy are not.
From their story:
"The decision to make blacks and Hispanics a priority has been backed by the CDC, which has also recommended a focus on racial equity in the next vaccine group, suggesting multi-generational families living in the same household should be included.
'Often our Hispanic, Black and Tribal Nations families care for their elderly in multigenerational households and they are also at significant risk,' CDC director Robert Redfield said.
The CDC has previously stated that race and ethnicity are risk markers for other underlying conditions that affect overall health outcomes, including access to medical care and exposure to the coronavirus at work."
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