Want more equitable vaccine distribution? Make better use of data

Albert Einstein once famously said if he were given an hour to solve a problem, he’d spend 55 minutes understanding it, and then take just five minutes developing solutions.

That formula makes total sense, and perhaps especially when considering a complex and tangled problem like inequity and healthcare. Translated narrowly for the U.S. vaccination effort, it means that it is crucial that we collect the data needed to identify who is having trouble getting vaccinated and why.

Only then can we figure out how to correct injustices. (author introduction)