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	''Originally published in [http://eltecolote.org/content/en/commentary-es/part-2-essential-sick-and-marginalized-six-essential-latinx-workers-tell-their-stories-of-falling-ill-to-covid-19/ El Tecolote].''		''Originally published in [http://eltecolote.org/content/en/commentary-es/part-2-essential-sick-and-marginalized-six-essential-latinx-workers-tell-their-stories-of-falling-ill-to-covid-19/ El Tecolote].''

			[[Unsettled: Masked Heroes and Masked Memories of Pandemics in the Mission\|History of Historic Pandemics in the Mission]]

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	'''Essential worker Lucio Ku ~~during~~ his ~~time~~ in the ICU.'''		'''Essential worker Lucio Ku takes a photo of his arm on the fifth day of battling the illness in the ICU.'''

	~~''Photo: TK~~''

	''Prevention measures disproportionately have failed the Latinx community of San Francisco during the first months of the COVID-19 crisis. To be more specific, testing protocols failed the Latinx community. In the first part of this special report, a timeline of the outbreak and government response in San Francisco was covered that shows that COVID-19 containment efforts failed Latinx people disproportionately. The role of Latinx workers, both documented and undocumented, as essential laborers in the City was also discussed to document their overexposure to the virus, as well as their economic and social vulnerability in the face of the epidemic. According to City data published on June 9, Latinx people now represent nearly half of all cumulative COVID-19 confirmed cases in the City (49.1%), despite representing only 15 percent of the population of the City. In a week, since Part 1 of this report was published, this percentage jumped 2 percent points. COVID-19 cases have been steadily increasing in the Latinx community, even as the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases slow down and testing rates go up. ''		''Prevention measures disproportionately have failed the Latinx community of San Francisco during the first months of the COVID-19 crisis. To be more specific, testing protocols failed the Latinx community. In the first part of this special report, a timeline of the outbreak and government response in San Francisco was covered that shows that COVID-19 containment efforts failed Latinx people disproportionately. The role of Latinx workers, both documented and undocumented, as essential laborers in the City was also discussed to document their overexposure to the virus, as well as their economic and social vulnerability in the face of the epidemic. According to City data published on June 9, Latinx people now represent nearly half of all cumulative COVID-19 confirmed cases in the City (49.1%), despite representing only 15 percent of the population of the City. In a week, since Part 1 of this report was published, this percentage jumped 2 percent points. COVID-19 cases have been steadily increasing in the Latinx community, even as the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases slow down and testing rates go up. ''
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	''In this second part, we hear directly from six essential Latinx workers who contracted COVID-19 in San Francisco while on the job during the early lockdown phase about their experience seeking and accessing help when they were sick. Their word and wisdom as survivors of COVID-19 inspired this two part report, and led us to ask for answers.''		''In this second part, we hear directly from six essential Latinx workers who contracted COVID-19 in San Francisco while on the job during the early lockdown phase about their experience seeking and accessing help when they were sick. Their word and wisdom as survivors of COVID-19 inspired this two part report, and led us to ask for answers.''

	<font size=4>Testing ~~denied~~: Jeremias Yerbes Sanchez, 47 years old, tow truck driver </font size>		<font size=4>Testing Denied: Jeremias Yerbes Sanchez, 47 years old, tow truck driver </font size>

	Jeremías Yerbes Sanchez, 47, is a Mayan man from Akil, Yucatán. He arrived to San Francisco in 2003, and today works as a tow truck driver in the Bay Area. “I work as a subcontractor to a tow truck company.” Jeremias provides services for the City, car insurance companies, and whomever may have a need for towing. “Not too long ago, I bought my own equipment—four tow trucks—to start my own company,” he proudly says.		Jeremías Yerbes Sanchez, 47, is a Mayan man from Akil, Yucatán. He arrived to San Francisco in 2003, and today works as a tow truck driver in the Bay Area. “I work as a subcontractor to a tow truck company.” Jeremias provides services for the City, car insurance companies, and whomever may have a need for towing. “Not too long ago, I bought my own equipment—four tow trucks—to start my own company,” he proudly says.
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	“A month ago, in mid-April, I felt a pain in my lung, but I thought it was normal pain. A very strong fever overtook me. It started at 8 pm and I thought it was normal. The next day at 8 am I felt better, but I was left with body pain as if I had been whacked. One of my lungs felt like it was tired, like it was not pulling in air. I thought the same thing as before was happening to me, but I was confused because I didn’t have the same routine.		“A month ago, in mid-April, I felt a pain in my lung, but I thought it was normal pain. A very strong fever overtook me. It started at 8 pm and I thought it was normal. The next day at 8 am I felt better, but I was left with body pain as if I had been whacked. One of my lungs felt like it was tired, like it was not pulling in air. I thought the same thing as before was happening to me, but I was confused because I didn’t have the same routine.

	“I did not believe it was the coronavirus, as I had followed the indicated precautions. In the restaurant where I worked, they learned that a colleague had the virus. The owners tested everyone and I tested positive. We did the test at Harrison Street near 8th. The chef made an appointment for me and I went.		“I did not believe it was the coronavirus, as I had followed the indicated precautions. In the restaurant where I worked, they learned that a colleague had the virus. The owners tested everyone and I tested positive. We did the test at Harrison Street near 8th. The chef made an appointment for me and I went.

	“I was confident that I didn’t have it. One is young, one does not feel it. I come from a place where one is fed well, all natural. My antibodies were fine, said the doctor. But if I hadn’t taken care who knows how things would have gone.		“I was confident that I didn’t have it. One is young, one does not feel it. I come from a place where one is fed well, all natural. My antibodies were fine, said the doctor. But if I hadn’t taken care who knows how things would have gone.
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	“Every day for the seven days I was in the hotel, they checked me for symptoms, but they didn’t apply another COVID test before they released me. I still don’t feel 100 percent. I go out for a walk and sometimes I feel that I am lacking oxygen and even more so with the face masks. I feel that that lung that bothered me is not yet fully recovered.		“Every day for the seven days I was in the hotel, they checked me for symptoms, but they didn’t apply another COVID test before they released me. I still don’t feel 100 percent. I go out for a walk and sometimes I feel that I am lacking oxygen and even more so with the face masks. I feel that that lung that bothered me is not yet fully recovered.

	“I have not returned to work. The bosses told me I couldn’t go back until I did the test again. I didn’t do it but it will soon. I am taking the opportunity to rest. I follow the precautions ordered by the doctor and I am taking care of myself. It is a deserved rest.		“I have not returned to work. The bosses told me I couldn’t go back until I did the test again. I didn’t do it but it will soon. I am taking the opportunity to rest. I follow the precautions ordered by the doctor and I am taking care of myself. It is a deserved rest.

	“They called me from my other job but I didn’t want to say what had happened. I told him I had another job. I had not gone out to see them in consideration of them. Until I have my clean bill of health I will return to work.”		“They called me from my other job but I didn’t want to say what had happened. I told him I had another job. I had not gone out to see them in consideration of them. Until I have my clean bill of health I will return to work.”

	Raul is calm and collected throughout our talk. At the end, I ask him if he has recommendations for the rest of us.		Raul is calm and collected throughout our talk. At the end, I ask him if he has recommendations for the rest of us.

	“Let’s all take care of each other because not everyone will have the same luck. What if the other person has another disease and because of one’s irresponsibility the other is infected. I did not believe in the coronavirus, until it affected me, and I saw that it was true. You have to follow the rules that the government sets, for good reason. I thought it was pure politics but it is true and it exists.		“Let’s all take care of each other because not everyone will have the same luck. What if the other person has another disease and because of one’s irresponsibility the other is infected. I did not believe in the coronavirus, until it affected me, and I saw that it was true. You have to follow the rules that the government sets, for good reason. I thought it was pure politics but it is true and it exists.

	“I suggest not to watch TV, all the time watching the dead. To remove your thoughts from what is happening, take up something to read or something to pass the time. I turned off the TV, otherwise you are all the time thinking about what will happen to you.”		“I suggest not to watch TV, all the time watching the dead. To remove your thoughts from what is happening, take up something to read or something to pass the time. I turned off the TV, otherwise you are all the time thinking about what will happen to you.”

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Ccarlsson at 23:07, 23 July 2020

Ccarlsson: Created page with "''' Historical Essay ''' ''by Adriana Camarena, June 11, 2020'' ''Originally published in [htt..."