And Chinese Americans had the highest COVID-19 mortality rates compared to all other racial and ethnic groups. A deeper analysis showed that South Asians had the second-highest infection and hospitalization rates for COVID-19, second only to Hispanic Americans. These workers compose a large part of the essential workforce (with high concentrations in low-wage, service sector jobs such as taxi driving, restaurant work, and managing grocery stores). Last year, data about the COVID infection rate of South Asians essential workers in New York City was initially under-reported. Rosary came out of retirement at the start of the pandemic because she really wanted to help out, but she was one of the first Filipino nurses to die from COVID.
And one of those nurses was Rosary Castro-Olega. Filipino nurses make up 4% of all the nurses in the United States, yet they make up 31.5% of the deaths of nurses from COVID. Then there was the shootings in Atlanta.īut Asian American and Pacific Islander essential workers have also been disproportionately impacted by COVID: More than 3,800 attacks on Asian Americans have been reported. During this pandemic, members of the AAPI community have been victims of a horrific rise in discrimination, violence, and hate crimes. Many are just beginning to learn about this nation’s long history of anti-Asian hatred and violence.
God Sees AAPI essential workers – an Easter reflectionĪs we remember essential workers who have disproportionately experienced illnesses and deaths during the pandemic, I want to recognize the Asian American and Pacific Islanders who have also borne the risks and have yet to be fully acknowledged.
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