🇵🇭 Why have so many Filipino nurses in the US died from COVID-19? | The Stream

A stunning number of Filipino nurses in the United States have died of COVID-19.
According to a new study, amongst all nurses of colour, Filipinos have been hit the hardest. In fact, while Filipinos represent just four percent of the nursing workforce, they have so far accounted for 31.5 percent of nurses who died. The figures include those born in the Philippines and also US-born Filipino Americans.
So how did this one group become the frontline workers of all frontline workers? In this episode of The Stream we discuss the inequalities that researchers say contributed to this horrible phenomenon.
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[@aljazeeraenglish]

Thanks for watching everyone. Tell us what you think in the comments below.

[@mackyoruba9534]

If these stats are true, then why don't we reduce their working hours? Lack of proper rest may be weakening their immune systems. Sounds like they need pay raises too!

[@heydude1112]

Because nobody else would dare take the job because of the risks.

[@seanbicard1216]

@@heydude1112. Like Mac Donalds, mate slag them do got people in from all over. I'm 12 at time. Would love job there now.seen n Dublin, Ireland how it starts. We didn't realize how good had it.cousic driving nice car he was 18.a L wish had of to, great people I owe them both time 4, my Life and foot bless

[@makeracistsafraidagain]

I worked alongside many filipino nurses. They were all very professional and competent. I'm very sad to hear that they are excessively suffering COVID-19.

[@doodlefiddle5373]

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[@seanbicard1216]

Me too, saved my life and foot not locals, the Philippines. Both times. Irish love there moral compass,sad to see thx bless ☘️ 4 luck. Love user name to.😂😂

[@ksw7259]

Go and sue.

[@rolandosparks5261]

I'M A NURSE FROM PANAMA AND THE FILIPINOS NURSES HAD BEEN WORKING SO HARD AND WITHOUT ANY COMPLAINS IN THIS PANDEMIC....... I THANK ALL OF THEM FOR THEIR DEDICATION AND HARD WORKING...... FROM CALIFORNIA WITH LOVE

[@SDR0505]

Adding to it, also from what i seen.. Filipino nurses work hard and lot more hours because some also like the money to maintain certain nice life style amd some to support family back home. Plus Filipinos love enjoying life, some of them don't like staying home, always traveling, get togethers and stuff even during the pandemic.

[@angeloevangel8079]

My dad fell in love with one while studying in Australia, even went to the Philippines just to woe her. Never married another lady even though it is allowed and he has the means. They are still a loving couple traveling the world together until COVID hits. I miss both of them but specially my nurse mom.

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[@dnguyen787]

Basically they work more hours to support their families back home. So their chances to get the virus is greater. :-(

[@ruuutbear]

All Filipino nurses (and workers in general really) that I have met have been excellent at what they do. Thanks AJ for talking about this

[@singlemum7601]

Poor Filipnos , may it be inside or outside the country

[@syedmaricar9946]

Bless them.

[@peters118]

How can Some organisations take a stake of there pay, in a modern country like America. Unlawful

[@amjedahmed4952]

Philippines nurses are easily accessible because they can speak English and more over you can find them in all countries of the Gulf both in government and private hospitals

[@erkkikudumo1923]

A corrupt regime government will put its citizens in danger how most of the nurses are migrated from Philippines what's wrong to work in their own country 😢😭😢😢😭

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[@Sapientia-hs8xx]

US systematically uses the Filipino immigrants including Hispanics but also the African Americans for the 3D jobs! Institutional inequalities, racism is very much there. Sad the Covid cases among Filipino nurses are high! They should speak up! We only have one life.

[@bindu8415]

Nurses have to take care of their health.We can’t satisfy the family always by sending money home .Immigrants have to be more vocal in their workplaces and know our rights.

[@lornaperuse8793]

Am,praying,for,you,all, God,bless

[@MrBiggie18002001]

its all about money.in filipines these nurses would make 0.50 an hour in the usa they make $500 an hour.

[@MrBiggie18002001]

nothing to do with racism.money money money.america people dont value the usd as foreigners do.

[@ashishumrao5768]

And face racisma hahahah live like second class citizens

[@hissendaud653]

At 23:::30 before midnight in Italy

[@knthrcns3890]

HERO🥺

[@loveindia1057]

God bless all nurses..🙏🤲🤲🙏

[@paddynoble]

This is an amazing conversation. I've been a patient that has received care from many Filipino nurses here in New Zealand. I always talk with them and often think about their experiences here in NZ and what it means to work in the health system here. I admire the sacrifices that the Filipino nurses and families make to living here. And trying to provide a decent living for themselves and their families.

[@christineannclerino4008]

Example of that are the teachers are put in the rural areas and the people are complaining that they rob their jobs.

[@salmabintuthman3243]

Maybe its Working more hours for good salaries

[@jeffbriggs1987]

if u think hospitals pay filipinos less for the same nursing jobs, you don't know US law.

[@lenisalomon2566]

Filipino are very dedicated to their jobs,

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[@maverick-tx8tg]

I agree!

[@digitalsuperman]

filipino nurses are selfless. they provide care even at the risk of their own. but lets not discount other nurses and other medical workers. ALL medical personnel are suffering lets give them the proper credit.

[@vkaitakirwa]

Filipinos are generally humble and hard working. The rich are exploiting them. Its a new kind of slavery.

[@archuk6058]

generally yes, but ive seen some arrogant and greedy philipino nurses as well, especially in los angeles.

[@nissarnissar5430]

Where ever in the world philiphinon and indian especially keralalites nurses are fighting like infliters Militery against pandemic situations accrose the world both of these are very hard workers in this hospital fields but, they are not getting aducate return instead of it even their own countries. It is my own experince as a patient and also as a hospital working experience. We should have to consider them special category even though they are weak philosophically but, hard workers to face any challenges.

[@BruceWayne_87]

I’m a OR Nurse my whole life’ but during the peak of pandemic here in Germany i decided to move to ICU so i could help my colleagues.

[@eileenrich2603]

Our Hospitals here in the United States have become a business instead of being a place for patient care, it is unfortunate that the problem with understaffing is highly significant. Our Nurses work very long hours with patient to staff ratio so disproportionate they are exhausted. I know from my own experience that Filipino Nurses are extremely dedicated and compassionate. I don't see racism playing a part in this scenario. Being a caregiver is a calling, I am thankful we have well educated, loving Nurses of all cultures living and working here in the United States.

[@jiliuyu6547]

Philips nurses are working at high risk of the front line of panoramic.

[@AdventureRex19]

Couldn't tell if these statistics include LVNs. But thank you for this. I was unaware. Nag my friends more to rest.

[@SkankHuntForty2]

For the same reason that the military sends the Filipinos (and other "minorities") first into battle.

[@co-creator4338]

I worked with Phillipinos, very hard working, they go above and beyond,they are easily accessible and you find them everywhere including Saudi Arabia as house keepers but no one is talking about how they are cheap labour that's why employers love them. Any hard worker who is also cheap labour is loved by all. They will drive down costs and work for anything as long as they leave behind the poverty back home. Before you guyz come down on me, I love Philippinos and what am saying I got from the mouths of Philippinos in Dubai when I was wondering why am from Africa and am being paid more than them seeing as we do exactly the same thing. When a crisis occurs they definitely will be the sacrificial lambs. They have to know their value and up their negotiation skills.

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[@pimpciak]

Job like any other... Without farmers everyone would die. Don't see anyone praising them.

[@partoftheway4235]

Why does the news media tell lies just like these lies?!!!! That's the real question!

[@jongjunsheng1401]

I'm a nurse in Malaysia , our infection rates in hospital critical areas are low coz we wear PPE . So for, my PPE has proven effective . Wonder why u guys still get the Covid . Aren't America so developed and modern . Eh ?

[@ThePhlubber]

Lots of Filipinos got the vaccine first as they work in the medical field, which is how it should be. There was a general lack of PPE early on, which was exacerbated by China having Chinese citizens in the US ship PPE back to China. Simply, many Filipinos were hit harder by Covid as their homes are multi generational and they are on the front line. God bless our medical professionals and thank you for all you have endured.

[@kungfuwhip78]

The true unsung heroes 🦸‍♂️

[@BoBo-ti6jh]

Lol, you must be joking! In L A. they are considered the worst.

[@ethenreston6561]

Fuck off

[@peters118]

Filipino women the kindest nurses in the world ✝️🙏

[@seanbicard1216]

Best worker's, good people,all help by 1 I'd b dead and without foot. Not terrorists, seen the people all over world. Home Ireland, bless them. All🍀4 luck.lucky have u! Sure it got to hospital goods not being processed fairly, need visors gloves

[@justdogood7413]

STRESS

[@maecarreno1208]

Bless them my fellow pilipino and stay safe everyone 🙏🙏🙏

[@famf6234]

Not only in US, so as the UK 🇬🇧!

[@cyncyoung11]

I don't agree with bringjng the issue of inequality or even racism for Filipino nurses, compared to nurses from elsewhere. Anyone starting their career in whatever field will naturally need time to adjust, especially if you are not a local American. And although it's said that Filipino nurses comprise only 4% of the nursing workforce in the US, it appears that the real number is much higher. And yes, probably because Filipino nurses end up being in critical areas of hospital work like the icu, the front line etc. Nevertheless, after several years of experience, their pay scale I believe should be equivalent if not higher than other regular nurses in less critical areas in hospitals. So I don't see a reason to be so concerned. In fact, being assigned to icu & other critical hospital wards shows that Filipino nurses are very capable, much more than those who are not Filipino (sorry, I mean just in general). It's really something to be proud of, even whrn considering that the risks may be higher. Overall, it shows the competency of Filipino nurses, something that speaks volumes about Filipinos in general.

[@GenChua20]

Oh pls do not cover up all. We understand Y'all have work to go back and tend to speak safely. But be transparent. Local nurses there have few loads than Filos nurses. They were abusely assigned to dangerous task and ward which are not given equally to american local nurses. Racesim inequalized the state of professionalism. These is not humane act of service but exploitation to those who are in needs.

[@marknorris3769]

this premise is just bizarre , 4% but 31.5% of deaths , these numbers seem impossible , not plausible , lumping foreign Filipino nurses with USA born Filipino-American nurses , seems problematic , as almost everything about these two groups would be fundamentally different , except for genetics , thus implying this 4%/31.5% mystery is only attributed to Filipino genetics , and information is not provided if some Filipino -American nurses are mixed race , this must be bigus "new study" , or statistical compiling flawed

[@whatsupkylaanddadofficialc8147]

the answers of your resource persons are subdued afraid of repraisals....

[@AAA-ns2pr]

Diet and Delicacy.

[@IstanbulBeautyOne]

True Pilipino nurses 👩‍⚕️ are the best worldwide

[@seanbicard1216]

Love set up go fund me page, wouldn't know how🤔 get all the best equipment out there. Defo accurate in said. Learn so much from them. Humidity.amoung rest.🌹🤾

[@ajmaj5288]

Philippino nurses are really great. Most of them have the perfect mentality which is needed to be a nurse (besides those who are already ruined in the Western toxic environment of media BS like this one). Filipino in general God-fearing and caring people. You can still find the touch of humanity in that society (maybe one of the main reasons being that way is, their way of upbringing in a Catholic belief and practice). But they are also extremely poor people. You can literally find tens of thousands of registered Filipino nurses in the Philippines without any job and spending their days in extreme poverty with their six to twelve siblings. In that situation, they will take even a janitorial job in any foreign country (you will find a lot of Filipino college graduates are doing house maid jobs in HK, UAE, and other middle eastern countries). So, wherever those nurses find an opportunity they will take it. And of course, when other countries will bring foreign-trained nurses to their country, they will always get the worst work environment in their new home, in terms of duty hours, location, benefits, and everything else. Still, they found themselves a thousand times better off than their counterparts back in the Philippines. It is a known fact, and they took the job and migrated to different countries knowing this condition. Nobody forced anyone to migrate to any country. It is all individual choice and trying to break the cycle of poverty. The last time I was in Manila, I saw, more than a thousand people are on the line before the US embassy in Manila. They all wanted to come to this country knowing the facts. They should not start talking about discrimination or things like that, once they are here. Even when media like Al Jazeera is eager and tries their best to move and turn the discussion in that single direction. I haven't seen any Al Jazeera program where they are showing how the same Filipinos are treated in Saudi Arabia, UAE - how the Catholics are practicing their religion in these totally Muslim countries. Hope to see some Al Jazeera programs in that area in the coming days.

[@skarson7930]

Hmmm let me guess alj let’s blame the white man

[@youtubekrews9848]

Best nurses of the world.

[@alfredpalang8901]

It is what we signed up for. I came to America as a nurse with a vow to serve the sick and injured. If another pandemic should come, I stand ready.

[@cebuwanachannel2917]

Covid flu 😷 🤧

[@uncleruckus4060]

Please filipina nurses Be safe We.need your remittance $ to help to keep our country Afloat !

[@mukhtiardahiya6]

GREED: Philipinos have multiple jobs

[@HabibiAldin]

That’s why Filipino excelled in this jobs, because we are multitasking and hardworking people. We don’t depend only to our job just to feed our families.

[@christineannclerino4008]

Can I ask a question from Philippines. Marunong ka ba magsalita ng inyong language o tagalog? Okay kalimutan natin. Here in the Philippiines in the government hospitals are lack of manpower in the vacant positions because they chose to go abroad because of the reasons like the low salaries of the medical professionals like what happened last year the government suspend or banned temporarily because they are needed to take care of the ill patients in the hospitals and rural areas. So here's the basic question why the people of US have their own recruit of their medical professionals when they get no jobs from they graduate in colleges. I must say that white privileges and black discrimination or any color of the skin is still facing in this modern times. So you as a Filipino willing to go abroad and left your children or not having as a sacrifice to had a good salaries. Tawag sa tagalog magbalat ng buto,dugo at pawis para magsilbi sa ibang lahi.

[@thereseember2800]

Experiences w/ Filipina RNs: *1 ICU RN killed a patient, because she opened up the potassium pump to change a patient’s gown. *1 long-term facility RN caused a pt. to die because she had no clue that the patient was septic, refusing to call the MD to send the patient to the ER. *1 RN (although signed a work Visa contract w/ a hospital) kept calling off sick when she was secretly working lucrative private-duty cases. She had an anchor baby to get U.S. citizenship. On private-duty cases, she was billing the pt. for $100 lunches for herself every day. She was kissing the patient, even though he had a wife & trying to get him to fly her to party in Las Vegas. She was also double-billing the patient even when the shift was staffed by someone else. The patient’s wife fired her. *MANY work 2 jobs (24-hours straight) due to profound GREED to drive $50,000- $100,000 cars; buy expensive jewelry & live the high life which then endangers safe patient care, let alone extremely UNSAFE driving on the freeways. It’s their sleep deprivation that’s causing their immune systems to be dangerously lowered. They’re told non-stop by other RNs to STOP greedily taking on 24-hour shifts but they refuse because they want their unsafe GREED life-styles instead. *MANY own & operate board-and- care houses/SNFs, employing unqualified, unlicensed, live-in Filipino couples who are stuck there like slaves, working 24-hour shifts. The patients FALL & break their hips; then die from pneumonia because it’s so short- staffed there & their Filipino underpaid slave staff is extremely sleep-deprived. THIS causes their immunity to be dangerously lowered. *Many RN registries now refuse to employ Filipina RNs because they aggressively take over ALL of the shifts-NO days off on purpose. They refuse to SHARE any shifts with other RNs. It’s extremely dangerous and profoundly UNSAFE for the patient as well as for their own health. They’ve become extremely aggressive w/ their abject greed agendas, which they themselves are pro- actively lowering their own immune systems. *During the Northridge earthquake, the Filipina RNs refused to even show up for work. *She’s LYING about the RN staffing shortages in the U.S. Corporations purposely cut costs by notoriously not instating SAFE RN-to-patient staff RATIOS. That’s what keeps an RN. Instead, they pay foreign contracts as a cost-cutting measure. SNFs have 1 RN to 30 patients, which should be illegal. Instead of race-baiting Filipina RNs, they should help the Vietnamese who are a billion times less compensated than Filipina RNs-the latter are making $100K/year. Give me a break! ALL foreigners came to the US with the exact same obstacles re/ foreign languages & foreign cultures. White RNs work just as hard, so you can stop your reverse-racism. They’re just more adamant about insisting to PROTECT patients, the public and themselves re/ refusing to endanger them by working UNSAFE, 24-hr. GREED shifts which drastically lowers immunity and health.

[@lonniesharpe9720]

I clicked on the video and then this nurse started speaking in a sad tone which will obviously provoke an emotional response. 30 seconds into the video, emotive strings start playing in the background and gradually increased in intensity. Me: What is this? A thriller movie? At that point I realized this was a propaganda video created to terrify people about Covid-19 and I clicked the pause button.

[@turbi9egaming150]

didnt get the answer at all but ok lmao

[@marknorris3769]

6:30 filipino nurses are suffering poverty ? what ? registered nurses are generously compensated , registered nurses not fast food workers , bogus story

[@reihalondres9518]

and my fellow Filipino are being racially harassed in US that's just unfair....

[@cherilynjenkins479]

They are racist themselves

[@CheCosaTesoro]

For the stats you need to compare the nurses in the same sector and environment, not all nurses. And nurses in the Philippines are dying too. As the nurses in Italy, France and India. If it's so awful then don't go to the USA or Canada or UAE. This story is manufactured racism. It's a manipulated narrative. AND on a broader health issue, the Philippino diet is not healthy. What about all the other nurses? The health sector is so supportive to employees and nurses are well respected.

[@gerrygeko9712]

They can always go back home!

[@mackyoruba9534]

They are a blessing to the usa!