COVID-19 Pandemic Response in a Migrant Farmworker Community: Excess Mortality, Testing Access and Contact Tracing in Immokalee, Florida.
Neha LimayeBrennan NineslingFrantzso MarcelinCody NolanWalter D SobbaVinicius Siqueira Tavares Meira SilvaEmily PtaszekFernet LéandreDaniel PalazuelosPublished in: Annals of global health (2022)
The community of Immokalee, FL is a vulnerable population that suffered disproportionate deaths from COVID-19. This study reveals language inequities in COVID testing and contact tracing that should be targeted in future pandemic response in Immokalee and other migrant farmworker communities.