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Should residents of hard-hit cities and towns be vaccinated before other groups? Some epidemiologists think so
In Central Falls, R.I., a tiny working-class city with a majority Latino population, the coronavirus has run rampant, triggering a crisis so dire public health officials believe half of its residents will have been infected by the end of this year.
Now Rhode Island is finalizing plans to move hard-pressed Central Falls to the front of the vaccination line, giving priority to a densely packed city full of immigrants and people of color who have contracted the deadly virus at staggering rates. Some epidemiologists believe that Massachusetts should consider a similar strategy for COVID hot spots such as Chelsea, Brockton, and Lawrence, places where residents, for a litany of reasons, find themselves at heightened risk.
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