美國社會

The US’s hidden minority hit hard by Covid

Asian Americans suffered disproportionately on many fronts in the pandemic

The writer is a contributing columnist, based in Chicago

We have all suffered during the pandemic — but some of us much more than others. Black and Latino populations in the US have borne more than their fair share of the agony. But there is another “hidden minority” that has been hurt out of all proportion, too: Asian Americans and other Asians living in the US. 

Covid-19 hit those of Asian descent quicker and harder than white Americans. In the first three months of the pandemic, Chinese patients had the highest mortality rate of all racial and ethnic groups in New York City public hospitals.  

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