People of color have been hammered by the coronavirus, but achieving racial equity in the vaccine rollout may be easier said than done. An anesthesiologist and critical care physician at the University of Virginia Medical Center, Hilton, 38, was notified she'd be among the first in the nation to get a new, federally approved emergency vaccine to protect her against COVID-19. Soon after she received the notice, Hilton, who is Black, posted a video about it on YouTube, practically radiating optimism.