Data from National Nurses United (NNU) suggests that while only 4% of US nurses are Filipinos, some 30% of the nearly 200 RNs who have died from COVID-19 are Filipino Americans. ..snip.. One reason for their vulnerability is based on sheer numbers, particularly in California and New York. One fifth of California nurses are Filipino, and according to a ProPublica analysis of 2017 US Census data, 25% of the Filipinos living in New York work in the health care industry.
