The Filipino Women Who Keep Our Healthcare Running
Over 1/3 of nurses who have died from COVID-19 have been Filipino. We look at why so many Filipino immigrants are nurses, & how they've been failed by the healthcare system they work in.
Brian Lehrer: A Daily Politics Podcast
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Show Notes
Over a third of nurses who have died from COVID-19 have been Filipino. We look at why so many Filipino immigrants become nurses, and how they've been failed by the healthcare system they work in.
On Today's Show:
Tracie Hunte, correspondent for The Experiment — a new series from The Atlantic and WNYC Studios — and Gabrielle Berbey, associate producer for The Experiment, discuss their reporting on how Filipino Americans came to work the frontlines of the COVID-19 pandemic. Their new episode is called “The Sisterhood.”