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#Undocumented #Latina believed respiratory infection was #coronavirus but was never tested & feared testing site bc of #immigration status.
If #Latinos get sick, unlikely to appear in official medical stats in TX: Many lack ins & don’t seek care
#TXlege https://www.dallasnews.com/news/public-health/2020/05/28/on-the-front-lines-latinos-fight-the-coronavirus-poverty-and-vulnerability-as-contagion-rages-through-texas/
If #Latinos get sick, unlikely to appear in official medical stats in TX: Many lack ins & don’t seek care
#TXlege https://www.dallasnews.com/news/public-health/2020/05/28/on-the-front-lines-latinos-fight-the-coronavirus-poverty-and-vulnerability-as-contagion-rages-through-texas/
#Latinos losing #jobs at a higher rate than other demographic group in nation, nearly 1/5 now unemployed. Nationally, #unemployment rate for whites was 14.2% -- nearly 5% points below Latinos. Latinos now make up nearly 1/5 of US population.
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#Latinos more likely to be uninsured than any other group in Texas, the state with the nation’s HIGHEST #uninsured rate.
In Texas, Latinos are nearly 3 times more likely to be uninsured than a non-Hispanic white.
#TXlege #HealthDisparities #PublicHealth https://www.dallasnews.com/news/public-health/2020/05/28/on-the-front-lines-latinos-fight-the-coronavirus-poverty-and-vulnerability-as-contagion-rages-through-texas/
In Texas, Latinos are nearly 3 times more likely to be uninsured than a non-Hispanic white.
#TXlege #HealthDisparities #PublicHealth https://www.dallasnews.com/news/public-health/2020/05/28/on-the-front-lines-latinos-fight-the-coronavirus-poverty-and-vulnerability-as-contagion-rages-through-texas/
Fully a fifth of #Latinos in Texas live in poverty, a slightly higher rate than Blacks, and more than double the rate of whites, according to census data in 2018
“ #Hispanics are vulnerable, both healthwise and poverty wise” Eva Moya, Prof @UTEP
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“ #Hispanics are vulnerable, both healthwise and poverty wise” Eva Moya, Prof @UTEP
#TXlege https://www.dallasnews.com/news/public-health/2020/05/28/on-the-front-lines-latinos-fight-the-coronavirus-poverty-and-vulnerability-as-contagion-rages-through-texas/
True #coronavirus infection numbers may be much higher because there’s been so little testing, #PublicHealth experts say. About 46% of those who have tested positive for #COVID19 in #Texas are #Latino, higher than their state population of 40%.
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Some unauthorized immigrants say they can’t afford not to work, even when they’re sick. Their low wages as cooks, caretakers, housekeepers & factory workers ...
Then there is the Latino culture that calls for people to aguantar, to endure the adversity. https://www.dallasnews.com/news/public-health/2020/05/28/on-the-front-lines-latinos-fight-the-coronavirus-poverty-and-vulnerability-as-contagion-rages-through-texas/
Then there is the Latino culture that calls for people to aguantar, to endure the adversity. https://www.dallasnews.com/news/public-health/2020/05/28/on-the-front-lines-latinos-fight-the-coronavirus-poverty-and-vulnerability-as-contagion-rages-through-texas/
Data collection on race & ethnicity has been inconsistent throughout Texas and the nation, even as #coronavirus cuts a deadly & silent swath through the state
THIS is why I subscribe to @dallasnews
THANK YOU for excellent reporting @disolis @ajcorchado! https://www.dallasnews.com/news/public-health/2020/05/28/on-the-front-lines-latinos-fight-the-coronavirus-poverty-and-vulnerability-as-contagion-rages-through-texas/
THIS is why I subscribe to @dallasnews
THANK YOU for excellent reporting @disolis @ajcorchado! https://www.dallasnews.com/news/public-health/2020/05/28/on-the-front-lines-latinos-fight-the-coronavirus-poverty-and-vulnerability-as-contagion-rages-through-texas/
