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Back in January, the Chinese community in Toronto started taking precautions — wearing masks, skipping events — after news of COVID-19 in Wuhan.
But a new study shows that their strong and swift proactive response has been lost to stigma and racism. https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2020/08/04/we-felt-we-were-swimming-against-the-tide-new-research-highlights-the-untold-story-of-the-gta-chinese-communitys-proactive-response-to-covid-19.html?utm_source=Facebook&utm_medium=SocialMedia&utm_campaign=GTA&utm_content=chinesecommunity
But a new study shows that their strong and swift proactive response has been lost to stigma and racism. https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2020/08/04/we-felt-we-were-swimming-against-the-tide-new-research-highlights-the-untold-story-of-the-gta-chinese-communitys-proactive-response-to-covid-19.html?utm_source=Facebook&utm_medium=SocialMedia&utm_campaign=GTA&utm_content=chinesecommunity
“There were a lot of actions that the Chinese community took ahead of everyone, actually, our own public health officials." Early on, restaurants in Chinatown required temperature checks, masks, and hand sanitizing stations, the report found. https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2020/08/04/we-felt-we-were-swimming-against-the-tide-new-research-highlights-the-untold-story-of-the-gta-chinese-communitys-proactive-response-to-covid-19.html?utm_source=Facebook&utm_medium=SocialMedia&utm_campaign=GTA&utm_content=chinesecommunity
But a lot of the backlash centred on masks and Asian people wearing them were accused of being sick and spreading the virus. That’s something that employees experienced at T&T’s Mississauga store after a customer went on a racist tirade in July. https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2020/07/09/tt-supermarket-ceo-mississauga-mayor-bonnie-crombie-condemn-racist-anti-mask-incident-caught-on-video.html
It’s “quite ironic” that while the community was being targeted for bringing the disease to Canada, “clearly we were the ones who have been sounding alarms and doing our part to keep ourselves safe," Avvy Go says. https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2020/08/04/we-felt-we-were-swimming-against-the-tide-new-research-highlights-the-untold-story-of-the-gta-chinese-communitys-proactive-response-to-covid-19.html?utm_source=Facebook&utm_medium=SocialMedia&utm_campaign=GTA&utm_content=chinesecommunity
“A lot of credit needs to be given to the Chinese community for where we are right now in terms of the spread, it could have been far worse,” researcher and professor Aaida Mamuji said.
Read the full story here: https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2020/08/04/we-felt-we-were-swimming-against-the-tide-new-research-highlights-the-untold-story-of-the-gta-chinese-communitys-proactive-response-to-covid-19.html?utm_source=Facebook&utm_medium=SocialMedia&utm_campaign=GTA&utm_content=chinesecommunity
Read the full story here: https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2020/08/04/we-felt-we-were-swimming-against-the-tide-new-research-highlights-the-untold-story-of-the-gta-chinese-communitys-proactive-response-to-covid-19.html?utm_source=Facebook&utm_medium=SocialMedia&utm_campaign=GTA&utm_content=chinesecommunity
