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NBC 7 Investigates analyzed county data on vaccination rates by zip code.
County health workers focused a lot of attention and energy on getting shots in arms in Latinos living along the border and in the South Bay. And for a good reason – these communities comprised a lion’s share of new COVID cases, hospitalizations, and deaths.
And it appears that effort has paid off.
In 92173 in San Ysidro, where nearly 95% of residents are Latino, nearly 65% of people are vaccinated.
But it s not just down south - a lot of zip codes along the coast and up north are reporting high vaccination numbers too.
Alanctar said the disparity is attributable to a number of factors that existed well before the pandemic.
“Such as lack of access to health care. A lot of folks in the community just don’t have access to health care,” Alcantar explained.
He also said many Latinos have no choice but to work in high-contact, high-risk, low-paying jobs. Alcantar also cited a lack of affordable housing.
“That in itself creates crisis where you have these families where you have multiple workers that have these high-contact, high-risk, low-paying jobs who are going out to different work sites and they’re coming back home every single day to a home you’re sharing with multiple households,” said Alcantar.
A USC study showing the disproportionate impact the coronavirus has had on the Latino community comes as no surprise to community leaders in San Diego.
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