So what do we know about how Asian Americans have fared during the COVID-19 pandemic? There’s been so much tireless work being done done by the community and researchers to advance health equity, with even more urgency now because of the pandemic. #DoanTakeover

“Asian Americans experience a four times higher case fatality rate vs the overall population (5.2% vs. 1.3%).” Early reports from the pandemic showed COVID-19 mortality disparities among Asian Americans by @BYan415 @ARCHDrNguyen @JaniceTsoh @janetnchu and Fiona Ng. https://twitter.com/archdrnguyen/status/1282718829538193408

We talk about the Asian American experience of being “simultaneously blamed and ignored” at the beginning of the pandemic where we saw low testing and access to test centers in the Bay Area. @AsianHealth818 @lanndoan @NinezPonce https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/23976 

Recent data by @KFF 50 million EPIC patients found that Asian Americans were less likely to be tested than their white counterparts and had the highest risk of dying from #COVID19. https://twitter.com/byan415/status/1333937719840370689

This confirms earlier analyses and what we we are hearing in our communities - so it’s very disheartening to hear Asian Americans not discussed or left out of discussions. How much “data” is needed for the government to take action?

@RoopaMPH @DrStellaYi @nadiaislamnyc reported “South Asians had the highest rates of positivity and hospitalization among Asians, second only to Hispanics for positivity and Blacks for hospitalization. Chinese patients had the highest mortality rate of all groups” in NYC. https://twitter.com/roopamph/status/1331293576001695755

@DrStellaYi @shahmirhali @RiennaRusso @stellakchong have also been documenting the impact of COVID-19 on the food retail environment in NYC and the disproportionate toll on Manhattan’s Chinatown and Sunset Park. https://asianhealthhouston.org/2020/10/26/stella-s-yi/