In L.A. County, Pacific Islanders suffer the highest infection rate of any racial or ethnic group --
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Nearly 1,400 Californians with ancestry in the Pacific islands have been infected with the coronavirus, and its killing them in disproportionate numbers
In L.A. County, Pacific Islanders suffer the highest infection rate of any racial or ethnic group 2,500 per 100,000 residents.
Thats six times higher than whites, five times higher than Black people and three times higher than Latinos.
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-07-19/california-pacific-islander-native-hawaiian-communities-hit-hard-by-coronavirus
I was naive to think this couldnt touch my family: Pacific Islanders hit hard by the coronavirus
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It was still early in Californias coronavirus outbreak when Lina Ili started feeling the symptoms that would soon turn her familys life upside down.
Coughing and running a fever, she holed up inside the bedroom of her Long Beach home for weeks. But breathing grew increasingly difficult, Ili, 46, said. You couldnt even lie down because it felt like a heaviness on your chest.
On April 5, her husband, Aoga Ili Jr., decided it was time to take her to the hospital, where she tested positive for COVID-19....
Our community is back to work and more exposed. So its going to be twice as hard to quarantine and try to get tested, Tulua said. While its flattening for other people, its still climbing in our community. If we bring it home, maybe were OK, but our parents will suffer. And if were not careful, were going to kill off a whole generation of our people.