California's Filipino American Nurses Bear Disproportionate COVID-19 Risks

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🗓️ 18 December 2020

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Filipino Americans make up about four percent of the nation's nursing workforce but account for more than 30 percent of its COVID-related deaths, according to data compiled by National Nurses United. In California, as in other states, Filipino American nurses are more likely to work in ICUs and bedside settings, which in part explains the staggering disparity. But other factors are at work too, including a legacy of discrimination against migrant nurses. We'll talk about the outsized toll the pandemic is taking on the state's Filipino American nurses and what we can do to address it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:36.3	Data compiled by National Nurses United find that while Filipino Americans make up 4% of the nation's nursing workforce, they account for 30% of its coronavirus-related
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