March 4, 2021
DEFY Leader’s comment on Gov. Lamont’s change in vaccine roll-out policy:
Joaquín Lara Midkiff ’24, vice president of the student advocacy organization Disability Empowerment for Yale and the accessibility and disability policy chair for the Yale College Council, explained that individuals with certain health conditions are not only physically “high-risk” but may face financial insecurity at a higher rate than other populations.
“The governor’s age-based rollout policy is inconsistent to what I believe to be equitable,” Lara Midkiff said.
On Feb. 18 — just days before the governor’s announcement — DEFY was able to secure an agreement with Yale Health to ensure that high-risk individuals would be prioritized in the vaccination queue.