The harsh choice farmworkers in California's Coachella Valley face is brutally simple: Staying home means no food on the table. In an effort to ease fears of working during the pandemic, one congressman is helping bring pop-up testing sites to the fields
THERMAL, Calif. - For farmworkers in California’s Coachella Valley, it’s brutally simple: no work means no food. But fear of contracting COVID-19 and spreading it amongst their families has created uncertainty and anxiety.
The majority of farmworkers are uninsured and need protection, said Ruiz, a son of farmworkers who became a physician. Maria Palomares, 33, taking a test for COVID-19 at the pop-up site, said her father and his co-workers lacked the resources and knowledge to protect themselves.
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