According to recent reports by American media, since the outbreak of monkeypox in the United States, the proportion of infected Latinos in the United States is significantly higher than that of whites, while the vaccination rate is much lower than that of whites.

This exposes the current state of racial inequality in American health care.

  The "Guinios" vaccine is a two-dose vaccine approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to prevent smallpox and monkeypox.

While white Americans account for less than 30 percent of weekly monkeypox cases in the United States, nearly half of the first dose of the vaccine was given by whites, the data showed.

Meanwhile, only 20 percent of Latinos are vaccinated.

  Judith Flores, a member of the executive committee of the National Latino Medical Association, said that from AIDS to the new crown pneumonia to the monkeypox epidemic, Latinos in the United States have been unable to obtain fair medical services and are always at a disadvantage in the epidemic.

(produced by Liu Shijiong)

Responsible editor: [Luo Pan]