The cold supply chain can't reach everywhere – that's a big problem for equitable COVID-19 vaccination
- Written by Timothy Ford, Professor and Chair of Biomedical and Nutritional Sciences, University of Massachusetts Lowell
Getting vaccines to rural and hard-to-reach areas is critical for public health and ethical reasons. Hector Roqueta Rivero/Moment via Getty ImagesTo mitigate health inequities and promote social justice, coronavirus vaccines need to get to underserved populations and hard-to-reach communities.
There are few places in the U.S. that are unreachable...