{"646129":{"#nid":"646129","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"The racial divide: Channel 2 investigates disparities in getting the COVID-19 vaccine","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;That is troubling. That is a gap that I would like to see addressed with mechanisms that actually work.\u0026quot; That\u0026#39;s what Dian Chung, Director of Human Resources for the College of Sciences, told a WSB-TV reporter\u0026nbsp;after learning that a University of Pittsburgh\u0026nbsp;study found more vaccination sites in predominantly\u0026nbsp;white areas of DeKalb and Fulton Counties than in predominantly African-American neighborhoods, even though the latter areas have higher Covid-19 infection rates. Chung also would like to see more\u0026nbsp;diversity among\u0026nbsp;researchers on television talking about vaccines and Covid-19.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"34434","created_gmt":"2021-04-05 18:01:29","changed_gmt":"2021-04-05 18:01:29","author":"Renay San Miguel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"Paul S. Goggin","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"https:\/\/www.wsbtv.com\/news\/local\/atlanta\/racial-divide-channel-2-investigates-disparities-getting-covid-19-vaccine\/ZAB6FVXDDVFIBPV5B3ZCREBZXA\/","dateline":{"date":"2021-04-01T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2021-04-01T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1278","name":"College of Sciences"}],"categories":[{"id":"146","name":"Life Sciences and Biology"}],"keywords":[{"id":"4896","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"170097","name":"Dian Chung"},{"id":"184289","name":"covid-19"},{"id":"42581","name":"vaccinations"},{"id":"175295","name":"Diversity and Inclusion"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}