Prioritizing People With Asthma for the Covid-19 Vaccine Is a Social Justice Win

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Rep. Ayanna Pressley may have tweeted it in the now-classic “How it started/How it’s going” meme style, but it’s a serious win: Massachusetts has added asthma to the coronavirus vaccine eligibility list. Just last week, Pressley was among those urging Massachusetts’ governor to do so, noting, “This is both a racial and environmental justice issue.”