Posted on 01/18/2021 7:14:59 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
... With its sandy beaches and year-round sunshine, Los Angeles conjures up images of celebrities and tanned residents comfortably scattered in a sprawl of roomy single-family homes.
But the popular images of L.A. belie the reality for millions of residents, many of whom are considered essential and live in dense or multigenerational housing at a time when public health officials recommend working from home and maintaining social distance.
Death rates among Latinos in L.A. are twice as high as in the rest of the population, according to public health officials. And Latinos, who are about half of all county residents, are hospitalized three times more often than white people.
"As cases surge, it's very clear and very alarming that certain groups are, once again, bearing the greater burden of illness than others," the county's public health director, Dr. Barbara Ferrer, said Wednesday during her daily briefing. "The surge shows what happens as the gaps widen between the people living in the highest-resource areas and those in the lowest-resource areas."
Despite a regional stay-at-home order, Reyes must report to work every week to maintain health insurance and pay her mortgage, she said. She worries about infecting her mother and what could happen to the family if she or her husband got too sick to work.
"I've lived here 34 years. I've given more to this country than to my home country," she said. "More than anything, I want [local] leaders to see the plight we're in."
Kurt Petersen, co-president of a union that represents hotel and food service workers, said it is "a false choice" for people like Reyes, who is a member of the union.
"They're caught in this horrible decision of 'Do I go to work and risk infection, or do I stay home and risk eviction?'" he said.
(Excerpt) Read more at nbcnews.com ...
Put the government in charge of anything and they will screw it up.
“2. His 3 sons ended up with 3 different ways to spell their surname.
Put the government in charge of anything and they will screw it up.”
That was in the 1800’s when a lot of NW Europeans and Germans came over here.
Well, this is thanks to Democrats and their economic and immigration policies - keep the poor poor that are already here, and get more people into the country to further drive down wages and put a strain on resources, making less available to help people who truly need help.
And then of course blame conservatives for the results of *their* policies.
Yeah, because Whites, Asians, and those who speak over 160
different languages in Los Angeles, other than Spanish,
haven’t had any problems with COVID-19. /s
They didn’t lose jobs, businesses, their life savings, and
their homes. /s
Good to know. /s
There’s just never enough race baiting. /s
Oh yes, and Orange Man bad. It was all his fault. /s
CV19 is a man made genetically engineered virus and it is doing EXACTLY what it was designed to do.
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