Nightline starts right now with byron pitts. Good evening, thank you for joining us. Tonight the disparity in cases of covid19 in america. Soaring among the hispanic population, working some of the most underappreciated and vital jo jobs in this country. Heres rachel scott with her nightline debut. Reporter for years, this was the highlight of the day. Returning home from work to his wife and children, cal a carrngith him theaily pride of his job as an essential worker in the Construction Industry until everything changed, and he brought home something terrible. [ speaking in Foreign Language ] reporter first came the chills, then the loss of taste and smell. Like many in his industry, he says he contracted covid19 in early june, but his fear was for his family and whether hed given it to them and what that would mean for not just their health but their life. [ speaking in Foreign Language ] reporter it is a unique and terrible situation many essential workers across the country deal with every day. Those working quietly in the shadows, keeping our country running in the midst of a pandemic, while they are left exposed and vulnerable. Why are minorities and communities of color more vulnerable . The Health Care Disparities that whether youre a small city or youre a large city are ubiquitous. And that has to do with people who are in vulnerable positions due to their lowwage jobs in which they dont have job security, they dont have trusted relationships with employers. There is the multigenerational household situation. Reporter so many are forced to weigh the fears of once again contracting the virus while providing for their families or stay home and cease to earn a living. [ speaking in Foreign Language ] reporter now over four months into the pandemic, at least 40 states are noting a surge in hospitalizations. A clear picture is emerging of the hardest hit, nationwide, hispanics accounting for nearly a third of all coronavirus cases. Whether we wen we were all s home, they continued to work every single day in construction, in the service industry, in chicken processing plants, Meat Processing plants. In the fields across the country. Reporter in texas, twothirds of construction workers are latino like him. He doesnt know if he got sick on the job, but he first felt the symptoms while at work. He came home and eventually passed it on to his wife, forcing the couple to keep distance from their own children. [ speaking in Foreign Language ] reporter he got so sick with coronavirus he ended up in the hospital. The honduran native, undocumented and uninsured, feared his immigration status might impact his treatment. [ speaking in Foreign Language ] reporter he says he was sent home to recover and quarantine without sick pay. A hospital bill of 3500 would arrive days later. [ speaking in Foreign Language ] reporter for him, no work truly means no pay. Since hes undocumented, hes ineligible for a stimulus check or unemployment aid. When it comes to the Construction Industry, he says employers should care for their employees. Reporter his story, just one of many, illustrating covids disproportionate and growing grip on the latino community. In chattanooga, tennessee, where the latest census shows latinos making up 6 of the population, they now make up 40 of all positive cases. In one of the hardesthit areas in the city, Church Parking lots have been turned into testing centers. From day one, when covid19 came to chattanooga, we knew that the latinx population would be hit. Because we knew that all of them or the majority of them were essential workers. Reporter Stacy Johnson is the executive director at chattanooga. We have had calls from the service industries, now that hotels and restaurants are starting to open back up. Reporter johnson says the city reopened too early and did so without prioritizing the growing outbreak in the community. It wasnt part of the strategy, it wasnt part of the plan. Reporter Johnsons Group has been focussed on providing needed information on covid in spanish, something she says is lacking from city and state institutions. We feel like language is a huge barrier. We have a large guatemalan community. When you have guidelines that have been predominantly in english, what message does that send to a community about whose health as a nation we are prioritizing . It sends the message, youre not really here, that we are placing priority over certain languages, certain ethnicities in my opinion. We opened five years ago for the underserved community. Reporter dr. Arnold runs clinica medicos here. Many of the patients are uninsured and undocumented, meaning they wont get sick pay. When you are telling someone that they have tested positive for covid19, the weight of that moment. The weight of that moment is incredible. Am i going to be on a ventilator . Am i going to die . Were undocumented. Whats going to happen . All of these pondering are pal pably present in the lives of our patients, and we see it every day, and theres a divide in this country. So those who dont live in those situations, they look at, you know, to be positive would be really unfortunate, because i might get really ill, however, the chips around me probably arent going to fall. Reporter Betty Delgado feels lucky. She was able to get sick pay after coming down with coronavirus. [ speaking in Foreign Language ] reporter she cleans home for a a chicken processing plant, her father retired and now baby sits his grandkids. All it took was one person to get sick to stop them all from working. She says it started with her father, eventually it caught up to her. [ speaking in Foreign Language ] reporter all three have now recovered, but she says she is far from feeling safe. 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Best known as a launch pad for charttopping hits, eye popping stunts and endless dance crazes. Dont let anyone on the app fool you. Reporter is now becoming a goto space for activism. A preferred outlet for young people itching to voice their opinions and enact change. Director of tik toks Creative Community says that the apps new role is an organic progression. People have been opened up to be able to express their authentic voice and things that they also care about, not just having fun but inspiring people, educating people, informing people. Reporter hash tags about black lives matter wracking up more than 17 billion views. Pride, 17 billion. Its a place where teenagers go to post information about how to protest. Where protests are happening, whats happening on the ground. Tik tok is the real time news platform. Reporter she quickly recognize the potential as a mega phone for social issues. Ly been doing motivational talks on instagram. When i was on tik tok i was like, im going to see what happens. People really loved it. Theres a fire inside of you. No one can burn it out. In february is when black History Month started and black history has always been deeply rooted in my heart, and this black History Month just felt special, so i was like, im going to really do something to educate people. Reporter in a series, cassidy showed little known facts about black icons. This post, only here second one of the month, has more than 1 million views. I had found out a few months prior. She captivated. Woeve seen these viral vides that have opened up the country. Did you find in this time that your voice needed to be heard . Absolutely. There are a lot of tik tok users that use their platform to disenfranchise the black lives Matter Movement. An and i think it really proves how important this is that we provide authentic information opd real information so that people dont mistake the black lives Matter Movement as something that its not. Reporter the platform is also a hotbed of political commentary, most notably, conservative ones. You guys wanting this guy to fail is wanting to crash the plane. There was a period of time when i posted normal tik toks. Didied to be funny. It didnt work out. I noticed i would start making trumprelated videos, talking about what i agree with or disagree with, and they were r ssively successful. Reporter cam higby fou eunder of this. Not everything is suitable for children. You know whats so funny about the left . The lack of loyalty they have for each other. They love to eat their own. Theres tons of right wing content that performs incredibly well. Its because people are constantly dunking on refuting their videos. I think they post a lot of videos that people feel are racist or people feel that they disagree with. Reporter higby says he wbraces backlash. I would like it if people who disagree saw our content, i want to display my ideas so people will disagree and i can have conversations. Reporter ironically, President Trump disagrees with cams platform of choice. Mike pompeo calling it a National Security threat because its a chineseowned company. I will be upset if its going to get banned, but i would also r derstand why hes doing it. Reporter in a statement, tik tok says theres a lot of misinformation about tik tok out there. Tik tok has an american ceo and a team that works diligently to develop a bestinclass security. It has strict controls on ese oyee access. These are the facts. Both higby and cassidy find that tik tok is an important place to express ideologies. Its great that people on the right and left get involved in politics when theyre younger. Reporter youre 17. You cant even vote yet. If i cant vote, i can tfluence others to vote for the andidate that best suits their beliefs and what can really improve our society. Ch you can vote, you can help epat change. Reporter while she waits for 2024 to roll around, for now shell keep creating. That post about blacksploitation, she got millions of views. Make sure that your heart is in the right place to make impact first. Because thats how youre going howeach people. Thats how youre going to make an impact. Our thanks. And up next, remembering a civil rights giant. A little dust . It never bothered me. Until i found out what it actually was. Dust mite droppings . Ewww. Dead skin cells . Gross dusters has three layers that grab, trap and lock away gross dust. So now, i grab my swiffer sweeper and heavy duty dusters gotcha and, for dust on my floors, i switch to my sweeper. The textured cloths grab, trap and lock dirt and hair. No matter where dust bunnies hide. No more heebie jeebies. 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