The tragedy of Latinos and COVID-19
A perfect storm of factors made Latinos especially vulnerable to the coronavirus. Multigenerational households. Crowded neighborhoods. Essential jobs that required us to show up in person. Vaccine hesitancy among too many.
Headlines From The Times · Alejandra Reyes-Velarde, Mario Diaz, Gustavo Arellano, Lauren Raab, Shani Hilton, Shannon Lin, Brittny Mejia, Denise Guerra, Ashlea Brown, Jazmin Aguilera, Kasia Broussalian, Melissa Kaplan, Angel Carreras
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Show Notes
COVID-19 has been devastating for everyone, but in the United States, there’s one demographic hit particularly hard: Latinos. According to the California Department of Public Health, Latinos make up about 39 percent of the state’s population but nearly half of all cases and 45 percent of all deaths. A perfect storm of factors made Latinos especially vulnerable to the coronavirus: Multigenerational households. Crowded neighborhoods. Essential jobs that required us to show up in person. Vaccine hesitancy among too many. Today, we hear about the devastation.
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