‘You can’t get close, yet you can’t stay away’: Latino cultural beliefs clash with pandemic safety
Tight-knit families, a cornerstone of Latino culture, and economic factors collide to make Covid-19 easily transmissible
Priscilla Garcia checked up on her father after her mother was hospitalized with fainting spells. He wasn’t feeling well, either, so she made him chicken noodle soup with Texas toast, the way he liked it.
“He was so weak and scared here by himself,” Garcia said. “That’s why I came.”