Documentary highlights how pandemic impacted Latino community in Roanoke
Published: Feb. 22, 2023 at 6:33 PM EST
ROANOKE, Va. (WDBJ) - A Latina in Roanoke is showing, with a documentary, how COVID impacted her community.
The CDC reports Latinos have a higher risk of hospitalization or death from COVID than other racial and ethnic groups.
Mireidis Marcano says this was due to the lack of information available in Spanish.
Latinos had a harder time accessing healthcare while making up a large proportion of essential workers.
Her documentary, called “It’s Not About Me, It’s About Us,” highlights these disparities.
You can watch it at the Williamson Library Thursday at 6 p.m.
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