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Asian Americans: can we talk about vaccines for a sec? The government data shows that our community is getting vaccinated at high rates. But what if the data is not quite right? What if researchers think it& #39;s possible we& #39;re actually dying at higher rates?
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The part about vaccine equity, I had heard anecdotally. Of course when you think about places like Arcadia and Irvine, those Asian Americans are getting vaccinated just fine. But what about the lower-income Asian communities in LA? What about the ones who don& #39;t speak English?
Our @latimes videographers @AlbertLeeInLA @diegomdrn23 & I visited a pop-up clinic in 1 of the poorest neighborhoods in LA: Chinatown. They& #39;re in the shadow of Dodger Stadium& #39;s vaccination site, but can& #39;t get there. Language/tech/transportation barriers. https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-04-21/chinatown-vaccine-clinic-asian-american-seniors">https://www.latimes.com/californi...
Sissy Trinh from @seacala said she& #39;s been harassing the Mayor& #39;s office since last April: "You need to come out to Chinatown. We need support.” Vaccine clinics were hosted by the city, CORE & LAFD. But they also rely on volunteer work from community orgs. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RGvZEZAS9b4">https://www.youtube.com/watch...
Chinatown folks told us these immigrant communities aren& #39;t getting tested, which affects data. A lot of the surveys are only done in English/Spanish. If we only take into consideration Asians as a whole & not its individual subgroups, we& #39;re missing data. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RGvZEZAS9b4">https://www.youtube.com/watch...
For a year, researchers like @HappyAraneta & AANHPI Health Initiative have worked to analyze the data and add to the data - using obituaries, data from labor unions, word of mouth etc, to try to create a fuller picture. https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-04-21/chinatown-vaccine-clinic-asian-american-seniors">https://www.latimes.com/californi...
What did the researchers find? WELL I have never had anyone make me a chart for my story before & when @jenpenned made me a chart, I was like, is there a greater gift? Unfortunately chart shows that the Asian American death rates in LA were higher than any other race.
But why?
But why?
Short answer is we don& #39;t know yet. Tested less? Health risks? Sheltering in fear? Is this the data we need in order to figure out how to serve the many communities within Asian America & the unique problems & barriers to access when it comes to the COVID vaccine + all else?
Is this whole thread leading you to an explanation of disaggregating the data by 2015 @frankshyong? Why, yes it is. There was a 2015 bill by Assemblyman @RobBonta that was vetoed. In Feb, he introduced another, this time including other POC communities. https://www.latimes.com/local/california/la-me-asian-veto-20151021-story.html">https://www.latimes.com/local/cal...
. @PIVOTorg& #39;s Thu Quach started a website to collect stories of Asian Americans who& #39;ve had difficulty getting the vaccine due to language barriers. So they can go to govt & say this shouldn’t be happening & we have evidence that it’s happening everywhere.
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