'We can’t let the discrimination of this pandemic continue this way,' a clinic director said.
to reopen businesses that were forced to close down to stop the spread of the coronavirus. Over the past month, businesses such as retail stores, restaurants, museums, day camps, gyms and zoos have been able to reopen. Officials have also allowed film productions to resume with social distancing and other precautionary measures in place and have also reopened beaches.to residents including nail and tanning salons, bars and casinos, as well as tattoo and piercing shops.
Government officials and other experts had anticipated a rise in cases as testing capacity increases and stay-at-home orders are lifted to allow more people into public spaces. But if reopening efforts go wrong or take place too quickly, García said, Latinos are among the vulnerable populations who could be most exposed to new infections because of the nature of their work.
"They have to show up to work because, if not, they could lose their jobs," he said."They have to go to work and sometimes they don’t want to get tested because if it comes back positive, they have to report it to their employer and be off work for 14 days." García added that persistent health disparities — many are uninsured or eligible for Medi-Cal, the state's Medicaid program — often make Latinos more vulnerable to the coronavirus, since they're more likely to suffer from pre-existing conditions, such as diabetes and obesity.
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