EPISODE · Jan 14, 2022 · 30 MIN
The tragedy of Latinos and COVID-19
from Headlines From The Times · host Alejandra Reyes-Velarde, Denise Guerra, Lauren Raab, Shannon Lin, Gustavo Arellano, Shani Hilton, Mario Diaz, Angel Carreras, Ashlea Brown, Melissa Kaplan, Jazmin Aguilera, Brittny Mejia, Kasia Broussalian
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.More reading: Pandemic portraits: The Latino experience COVID stole the heart of my family. It also divided it Column: Don’t be a ‘pandejo.’ Take the pandemic seriously
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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.
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