covid-19 and minorities

A scientist with the La Jolla Institute was granted $1.4 million to study Latino patients’ immune responses to COVID-19. In addition to disparities including; access to healthcare, preexisting conditions and higher chances of exposure to the virus, LJI Research Assistant Professor Daniela Weiskopf, Ph.D., is trying to figure out if Latinos’ immune systems recognize the virus differently than White patients….

NBC 7’s Lauren Coronado shares the details.

Newly released data from the county of San Diego shows Hispanics have the highest rate of infections and neighborhoods with large Hispanic populations, such as those communities near the U.S./Mexico border has quickly become the epicenter for COVID-19 infections in San Diego County.