Dr. Don Garcia has a way of describing COVID's impact on Latino communities. It's not subtle.

He calls it biologic genocide.

That is a loss of the gene for a fertilization.

Some might take issue with your use of the word genocide that say, well, the pandemic

is affecting everyone. It's neutral.

Well, it's not neutral to me because I'm in the eye of the fire.

Where Dr. Garcia is more precisely is Clinica Romero. It's a health center in Los Angeles,

which is a city that's seen its Latino population ravaged over the course of the pandemic.

It would be neutral if every community was equally affected or everyone's homes would

be our burning, but that's not the case. The homes or the families of the Westside are

not being moved down the way to be burned down in Boyle Heights, East Los Angeles,

Pico Union, West Lake.

So you're saying allowing that to happen is a choice?

Yes, yes.

I read this statistic the other day that the mortality rate among Latinos increased by

48% during the pandemic in Los Angeles. I feel like you must know that statistic in your

bones.

Well, I know to my bones because I'm a member of the community and I not only know to my

bones, but in my blood.

Take a minute and consider this fact. Black, native and Latino Americans, they're about

twice as likely to die of COVID as white Americans. Even now, when so many people want to put

this coronavirus in their rear view, Dr. Garcia works primarily with people who are struggling

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