Hundreds of COVID-19 vaccine appointments at Yankee Stadium remain UNFILLED

At the new mass vaccination site at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, New York, hundreds of coronavirus vaccine vaccine appointments went vacant.

The site only has slots for Bronx residents as the district reports the highest positivity rate in the city.

When DailyMail.com visited Somosvaccinations.com on Thursday afternoon, the day the site launched, at least 300 slots had not been booked between February 7th and 12th.

Legislators slammed the city because of its “poor range,” especially among the high numbers of Black and Latin American residents in the Bronx, many of whom are cautious and unwilling to get the shot.

On Thursday, New York City opened a mass vaccination site at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, but it hadn’t had at least 300 appointments (left and right) by the afternoon between February 7 and February 12.

New York City Councilor Mark Levine slammed the city because of poor coverage, saying it needed more recruiters on-site to make appointments. Pictured: vacant seats for vaccinations at Yankee Stadium

However, a dark history of medical experimentation has fueled the reluctance of minority communities. Pictured: Workers organize barricades outside Yankee Stadium the day before the vaccination site opens on February 4th

New York City Councilor Mark Levine, who represents District 7 in New York City (North Manhattan), shared a screenshot of the many vacant appointment slots on Twitter.

‘There’ll be … vaccines available at Yankee Stadium next week. They don’t go away quickly, ”he said wrote on Thursday.

‘This is good news – but also bad news. This means NYC is not making enough contact with local people. The city should have teams everywhere [Bronx] Sign up people. ‘

Levine complained that not enough advertising teams had been dispatched to the district to register residents.

“Please help everyone get the word out. We don’t want anyone [appointment] Slot to remain unused! ‘he tweeted.

When Governor Andrew Cuomo announced the opening of the COVID-19 mass vaccination site at Yankee Stadium, he said it would ensure an equitable distribution of the shots.

“It is very clear that black, Latin American and poor communities have been hit hardest by COVID, and the Bronx is no exception,” he said in a statement on Wednesday.

“Our efforts to get vaccinations in places with higher positivity rates have not only helped keep the infection rate down, but have also helped our vaccine distribution process stay fair.”

Fewer vaccines have reached the arms of blacks and Latino Americans since the rollout began in mid-December.

Vaccination rates are in line with white populations, but according to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), blacks and Latinos made up only 5.4 percent and 11.5 percent, respectively.

This is despite the fact that blacks make up 12.5 percent and Latinos make up 19 percent of the US population.

In New York City, white residents are three times more likely to get the coronavirus vaccine than Latino residents and four times more likely than black residents.

According to CDC data, black and Latin American Americans are about 1.5 times more likely than white Americans and about three times more likely to come into contact with the virus.

But it’s not just differences such as access to health care that create these stark differences. Some blacks and Latinos are reluctant to even get the COVID-19 vaccine.

In New York City, white residents are three times more likely to get the coronavirus vaccine than Latinos and four times more likely than black residents