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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. For more of this story, click here.
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