True: Racial Disparity in COVID-19 Vaccinations

A CNN article claims that “White people are getting vaccinated at higher rates than Black and Latino Americans.”

Less than one day after being posted on CNN’s Facebook page, this article was shared over 500 times and received more than 3,000 comments. The article was also retweeted over 600 times on Twitter.

Social media users shared their own theories in the comments as to why white people were being vaccinated at higher rates than Black and Latino Americans. One popular theory is that “black and Spanish decided not to take the vaccine just plain and simple."

Many users seemed to struggle with the concept of white people being vaccinated at higher rates, pointing out that there are “more white people than those of color." This caused them to believe this article was “just another attempt at keeping the racial fire burning.” A lot of users accused CNN of race-baiting.