(Español) “Los latinos y los negros tienen tasas de mortalidad que son aproximadamente dos veces más altas que las de los blancos en la ciudad de Nueva York; más del doble en Utah, y 3.5 veces más altas en el caso de los latinos y más de cuatro veces más altas en el caso de los negros en California”.

“We’ve had parents of infants who are 1 week old say, ‘Oh I don’t want to come in; I don’t think it’s safe,’” said Dr. Scott Needle, a pediatrician in Sacramento, California. “We’ve had to tell them, ‘Look, for a 1-week-old baby just out of the hospital, there are a lot of things you need to check that could be much more dangerous than coronavirus at this point.’”

Díaz said he is careful in his work and anxious to make sure he doesn’t bring home the virus that would hurt his husband. Every night, immediately after arriving home, he removes all his clothes and goes straight to the shower. He said his outlook is positive: “I am 54, but I am healthy, I do not have preexisting conditions.”