Racial and ethnic minority communities that lack internet access have been left behind in the race to get a COVID-19 vaccine. The average monthly cost of internet access, about US$70, can be out of reach for those who can barely afford groceries.
Tamra Burns Loeb, AJ Adkins-Jackson and Arleen F. Brown
Tamra Burns Loeb is an interim adjunct associate professor at UCLA Center for Culture, Trauma, and Mental Health Disparities. AJ Adkins-Jackson is a research fellow at Massachusetts General Hospital and a community-based multidisciplinary researcher dedicated to helping others enjoy the lives they intend to lead. Arleen F. Brown is a professor of medicine at the University of California. Her current projects focus on disparities reduction for patients with HIV/AIDS, multi-ethnic patients with hypertension, and Californians at risk for COVID-19.
