Providence gave special vaccine access to donors, volunteers
EVERETT — While many older Snohomish County residents have struggled to get access to a COVID vaccine, more than 200 Providence General Foundation donors, as well as board members and volunteers, were invited to receive a shot earlier this week.
All of the 245 invitees who got a dose Monday at the Everett hospital were eligible under the state’s Phase 1B, spokesman Casey Calamusa said in a statement, but the preferential treatment at the clinic raised concerns of fairness during what has been a slow vaccine rollout.
In all, Providence invited more than 350 people, most of whom were donors, to receive a shot.
The favoritism shown to those who are well connected to medical institutions such as Providence and other Puget Sound region hospitals was first reported by [link:http://|The Seattle Times].
“I appreciate that we made a misstep and that we are learning from this,” Providence Everett CEO Kim Williams said. “I am incredibly sad that somehow we did not apply the equity lens to this clinic.”
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