Texas hispanics being hit hard by H1N1 influenza

[Bluebear]

I realize that we have been told on DU that this flu is "the last thing we should worry about", but here is news that minorities are being especially affected.

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Hispanics accounted for more than half of the 95 swine flu-related deaths in Texas in the first six months of the H1N1 pandemic, an analysis by the state health department found.

Hispanics predominate in the state's southernmost counties, where 28 percent of the H1N1 deaths happened through Oct. 17...

While 25 percent of Texas' working-age adults are uninsured, the fraction who lack insurance is far larger in the state's border counties.

“We were pretty impressed, not in a happy way, by the striking difference along the border,” said Dr. Susan Penfield, who manages the infectious disease control unit for the Texas Department of State Health Services.

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/hotstories/6718072.html

[Liberal_in_LA]

1. not good