Filipino nurses have been serving in American hospitals for generations.
Although they only make up 4% of the registered nurses in the U.S., they accounted for 26.4% of the nurses who died here from Covid 19.
This statistic was reported by The National Nurses United, our country’s largest nursing union.
So, they died on the FRONT LINES while trying to save the lives of people they did not know.
These numbers bring to light a community whose role in our national story is often untold.
Immigrants from the Philippines make up over 13% of all foreign-born health care workers-more than any other country.
They were originally brought in to fill the nursing shortage after World War II. (CNN)
This is just another story of the millions of immigrants who built this nation while suffering and dying along the way.
Yes, we are a nation of immigrants.
THANK GOD!
If not today, when?
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