Homeless and incarcerated people in Minnesota struggled to access Covid vaccines

Homeless and incarcerated people in Minnesota struggled to access Covid vaccines Homeless and incarcerated people had significantly lower Covid vaccination rates than others in Minnesota, according to a new study. Kate Sheridan STAT

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The study, published Monday in Health Affairs, is the first to analyze such a wide swath of people — its data set compared about 90% of Minnesota residents. It found just one third of people in jail and less than 30% of homeless people had been fully vaccinated by the end of 2021; less than 10% of people in these groups had received boosters. About 70% of the state’s residents overall had been vaccinated...