Health Equity

‘Our Communities Are In Crisis’: Latinos And COVID-19

Abstract: A Latinx neighborhood in a wealthy California county hard-hit by COVID-19 reflects on the complex challenges and policy failures affecting vulnerable communities across the U.S. during the pandemic.

Publication: WBUR

Date Published: August 26, 2020

Author(s): Eric Westervelt and Marisa Peñaloza

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