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Trans people at great risk for COVID-19 but more resilient than ever

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Transgender Health Program at St. John’s Well Child & Family Center staff, from left to right: Teanna Herrera, Chloe De Guzman, Roberto Rodarte (kneeling), Jennifer Rodriguez, Leslie Monroy (Photo by Kazumi Yamaguchi, Associate Director, Transgender Health Program) Recently, one of my patients at high risk of exposure told me: “COVID-19 doesn’t discriminate, but the health care system and society sure does.” I haven’t seen this patient since the novel coronavirus pandemic ramped up, as she represents a cross-section of the most vulnerable people we treat: she’s a transgender, elderly, person of color on a fixed income.

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