Published:
April 9, 2021
"Last month, UT-Austin's LBJ School of Public Affairs released its Texas COVID-19 Vaccine Tracker, a digital tool for tracking vaccination progress across the state. In addition to publishing data on providers and the pace of distribution, the tool also aims to assess equity by tracking vaccines given by age, race and ethnicity, and gender, as well as geography. As of April 5, it shows that white Texans, who make up 42% of the state's population, account for about 41% of total vaccine doses administered, despite only representing 34% of COVID cases. Meanwhile, the only slightly smaller number of Texans (39%) who are Latinx have received about 24% of doses administered even though they've accounted for nearly half (46%) of COVID-19 deaths."