Props to Sacramento County and these Hmong Tracers

[theking]

DON'T be a SHAMELESS FRAUD with zero compassion and negative behaviors, Gotta help our most vulnerable societal community members like the elderly... :

Sacramento hires Hmong COVID tracers

Sacramento County hired five Hmong-language COVID contact tracers and case investigators in August, with plans to hire more. These contact tracers do more than translate English medical terms into Hmong, however. They’re also counselors, community advocates and the only source of connection for some elderly Hmong folks.

“Some of them are actually really struggling, but they don’t want to talk about it, even to their family members,” said George Yang, one of the Hmong-language contact tracers. “You’re there to provide that support.”

Many Hmong families in Sacramento are still in the dark about essential information related to COVID-19, according to Mai Yang Thor, executive director of HYPU. And it’s sometimes been difficult to explain to some Hmong residents how serious the pandemic is, she said, especially for those who said they needed to see it with their own eyes to believe its existence.