Three of my relatives, all Mixteco farmworkers in California, died of COVID-19 last year. As we mourn, we wonder if diabetes played a role in their deaths.
Con diabetes y sin seguro médico: así enfrentan la pandemia de COVID-19 los campesinos de California
"Alimentar a Estados Unidos es esencial y quienes hacen ese trabajo también deben ser tratados como esenciales", asegura este líder comunitario mixteco que perdió a tres familiares diabéticos, después de que se contagiaron con el virus.
This story as part of the USC Annenberg Center for Health Journalism’s 2021 California Fellowship.
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