“Dallas had a chance to prioritize vaccinating the communities that need it the most. Can someone explain why Texas said no?”

Dallas County health officials recently tried to roll out a vaccine distribution plan focused on predominantly Black and Latinx communities, but Texas officials blocked the effort. As Dr. Jeff Livingston writes in the Medium Coronavirus Blog, the state threatened to withhold vaccine deliveries if the city did not change its policy.

Throughout the pandemic, public health experts have argued that racial minorities should…