Latinos are disproportionately suffering from the coronavirus because of a combination of factors — including working in low-paying front-line jobs.
SAN FRANCISCO — In a city where 16% of the population is Latino, physician Alicia Fernandez is alarmed by the overwhelming number of Latino patients she is seeing at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital.
Latinos across the U.S. are ill-prepared for their battle against the coronavirus, a crisis that threatens to leave many in this already vulnerable population sick and destitute, according to a new report. Because of a combination of factors — including working in low-paying front-line jobs and a lack of savings and health insurance — Latinos are shouldering a disproportionate burden during this crisis.“We are the fastest growing segment in the U.S.
“We wanted to highlight these facts not just to call for longterm structural changes to the system, but also to ask for immediate relief so this community can survive this crisis,” says Gonzalez. Blacks make up around 12% of the U.S. population, while Hispanics represent around 17%. But the suffering of these groups during the coronavirus pandemic soars well beyond those percentages.
“CARES inherently excludes 20% of Latinos by requiring that programs present a social security number,” says Aguilar, a nod to Latino business owners who operate without such federal data because of their immigration status. About 21% of Latinos are not U.S. citizens.
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