COVID-19 Imperiled Non-English Speakers More Than Most
Hospitals across the country have reported more hospitalizations and deaths of Black and Latino patients than whites. Black and brown patients may be more susceptible because they are more likely to have a chronic illness.
April 28, 2021 •
TNS
(TNS) - In March 2020, just weeks into the COVID-19 pandemic, the incident command center at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston was scrambling to understand this deadly new disease. It appeared to be killing more Black and brown patients than whites. For Latinos, there was an additional warning sign: language.
Patients who didn’t speak much, or any, English had a 35% greater chance of death.