He has transported bodies for 20 years. Much of that time he has held a contract to move them for Hidalgo County, epicenter of the valley’s COVID pandemic. He picks them up from hospitals, nursing homes, crime scenes and even alleys. He has ferried all kinds to funeral homes and morgues: Two police officers killed in a shooting last month, decapitated cartel victims and migrant children who drowned trying to cross the Rio Grande.
Many of those dying are uninsured and have underlying health conditions. And in Texas, the largest state to refuse to expand health insurance under the Affordable Care Act, nearly a third of adults under age 65 are uninsured, the highest rate in the country. More than 60% of those without health insurance are Latino.
He and his helper, Elizandro Flores, 48, a local teacher on furlough since schools closed due to the pandemic, arrive at midday recently at Tinoco’s ranch house in the border town of Pharr to find half a dozen of her relatives milling on the lawn. The death-certificate information on Lopez’s clipboard says Tinoco died of COVID-19.“We were here, taking the precautions we could,” daughter Maura Ramirez, 41, says. “We are losing a lot of families.
As they wheel her down the driveway, Lionel Tinoco stops them. He and his 10 siblings plan to send his mother’s remains to Guanajuato, Mexico, to bury her beside her late husband. He wants to see his mother, to touch her one last time. Since COVID-19 cases spiked this summer in the Rio Grande Valley, Juan Lopez’s phone rings constantly.“When I got there, the investigator said, ‘Get your gear, because the mom’s positive,’” Lopez said. “They know he died of COVID, and they’re still in the house, kissing him and not wearing a mask.”“I’m picking up a body, and the other one is right there, fighting to breathe,” he said.
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This is why nothing is being done by this administration to curb this virus. Black/ Brown and Native Americans are the one’s dying at higher numbers than others.
Obesity is the underlying issue
Not surprised, as Mexico is in 3rd place in number of deaths behind USA and BZ
Race bait
There is plenty of reporting about disparity in death rates between different ethnic groups. Is there disparity between mortality among vegans & vegetarians vs. those who follow the Standard American Diet? Reporting about factors over which we have direct control may save lives.
That's because illegals live 20 to a house and spread it to everyone else.
Large % of the Covid-19 deaths are because our nat'l media, inc LAT's, did not hold Obama & state & local officials accountable as they disbanded the programs set up by the Bush admin and the stockpiles of equipment, PPE's, etc. Oh, but they are so quick to blame Trump for all.
more leftward panic porn!
In LA as well. You don’t need to look far.
3) Even back then, was known that elderly were more vulnerable to the virus, so putting coronavirus patients in nursing homes allowed the virus to spread like wildfire. Cuomo tried to cover up his deadly mistake before ultimately rescinding the order May 11. FLA - TX? Yes NY? No
2) Critics say data proves New York’s liability shield is linked to higher nursing home death rates during the pandemic March 25, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo ordered nursing homes to accept patients regardless of their coronavirus status. Con't
do you know what conditions Latinos feed on?.. Unhealthy eating triggers the flu.
1) In Cuomo's (S) New York State, a 'disproportinate' % of those who died were the elderly, mainly in nursing homes, and that's mostly because of the orders of Gov Cuomo LAT's - LOL. con't
“Being obese is known to increase the risk of a number of diseases, including heart disease, cancer and type 2 diabetes. ...research suggests it may also make people more ill with Covid-19...”
Well they are also the fattest ethnicity statistically ....so that probably isn’t helping .
la TV italiana dijo que México tubo 9000 positivos in un día , Francia 1300 España 1400 Italia 269 en las últimas 24 oras.
The LA Times is owned by a Big Pharma billionaire pushing covid fear porn.
Not only is Covid deadly, it’s racist...
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Good thing those lockdowns specifically address who’s most effected 🙄
Really getting obvious with the race baiting these days.
Cindy63306167 moving white corpses is fun because it means whiteness is that much closer to being gone
Being too fat is not a matter of aesthetics, it's a matter of health. Americans are too fat and need to focus more on their diet for improved health.
Propaganda to terrify the Latino community. Moved on from African Americans now as the most at risk/first in line for an experimental vaccine?
It's tragic and hard to believe that something other than LA cops are killing Latinos in these numbers.