As vaccines roll out, Latino communities largely left behind
and last updated 2021-03-16 13:33:57-04
As a 34-year-old farmworker who came to the United States in 2018, Maria Carolina has become used to working long hours in farm fields around Lake Worth, Florida, where she lives. But this single Latino mother, who was once an educator in her home country and now works to keep Americans fed, has struggled to get vaccinated.
The pandemic has been difficult and sometimes deadly for Carolina and her coworkers. Early on in the pandemic, there was little protection provided for frontline agriculture workers. Even now, the COVID-19 positivity rate for farmworkers in Palm Beach County hovers around 30 percent.
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