NEW: Democratic Sen. Tammy Duckworth and 10 others push the White House to address inequities in COVID vaccinations as the most vulnerable groups are left behind businessinsider.com/covid-vaccines… @leonardkl w/ the exclusive deets ($) in @thisisinsider
Sen. Tammy Duckworth, a Democrat of Illinois, is pushing the Biden administration to ensure a more fair distribution of the COVID-19 vaccine as some of the most impacted and most vulnerable communities have been left behind.
In a letter provided exclusively to Insider, Duckworth and other D senators requested the White House to "provide guidance & recommendations to States, localities, territories & Tribes on best practices to address disparities & eliminate inequities in COVID-19 vaccinations."
Ten other Democrats, including Sens. Cory Booker of New Jersey and Sherrod Brown of Ohio, also signed the letter addressed to Marcella Nunez-Smith, who leads the White House's COVID-19 Health Equity Task Force.
President Joe Biden created the task force to advise federal agencies and states on how to allocate COVID-19 resources and relief funds, how to reach communities of color, and how to improve data collection.
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