Communications Medicine (Nov 2022)

Spatial modeling of vaccine deserts as barriers to controlling SARS-CoV-2

  • Benjamin Rader,
  • Christina M. Astley,
  • Kara Sewalk,
  • Paul L. Delamater,
  • Kathryn Cordiano,
  • Laura Wronski,
  • Jessica Malaty Rivera,
  • Kai Hallberg,
  • Megan F. Pera,
  • Jonathan Cantor,
  • Christopher M. Whaley,
  • Dena M. Bravata,
  • Leslie Lee,
  • Anita Patel,
  • John S. Brownstein

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s43856-022-00183-8
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 2, no. 1
pp. 1 – 11

Abstract

Read online

Rader et al. model spatial accessibility to COVID-19 vaccines in the US, identifying vaccine deserts where access was insufficient during the first phase of the rollout. Rural areas and medically vulnerable populations are found to have poorer access to vaccines, as are areas with higher proportions of Black, Hispanic and older residents.