Online Originals: Building trust with migrant farmers over COVID-19 vaccine
Story Date: 1/14/2021

 

Source: Victoria Holmes, WNCT, 1/11/21

 Agricultural workers, including migrant farmers, will soon be getting the COVID-19 vaccine. But, they might resist efforts to get them. Now, a group of Latino organizations is trying to lessen that opposition by rolling out bi-lingual education forums.   COVID-19 infection rates are disproportionately high among Latinos. A CDC study shows 37% of workers in agricultural industries are Hispanic or Latino, but they’ve registered 73% of COVID cases.  

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