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Nonprofit organization: Canal Alliance's vital role for Latinx workers in Marin Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, to stay nourished. She fears contracting the virus while out trying to make ends meet. "I'm scared of getting it," she said. "A good friend told me that her ex-partner came down with COVID- 19 and died and also her grandfather got sick with it and died." Laura's experience is indicative of the pandemic's disproportionate impact on the Latinx community, Clockwise from left: Promotores de Salud Oscar and Ricardo work as health promoters within the Canal neighborhood to provide health education and resources in the community; Oscar and Ricar- do collect supplies and printed materials from the Canal Alliance office to share with Canal residents in their roles as Promotores de Salud; A Canal Alliance volunteer (in orange vest) provides information to Canal residents as they wait in line to get tested for COVID-19 at the free testing site operated by Canal Alliance in its parking lot. – Photos courtesy of Canal Alliance Latinos make up 16% of Marin's population, but account for 75% of the county's coronavirus cases. who nationwide are having more trouble scraping by than any other demographic group due to high unemployment rates, according to a recent Pew Research study. To compound the problem, health experts say Latinos are more vulnerable to the virus because of longstanding disparities in income, housing and healthcare. Latinos make up 16% of Marin's population, but account for 75% of the county's coronavirus cases, A Marketing Supplement of the Marin Independent Journal | marinij.com Keep It Local September 20, 2020 5

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