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San Mateo County Health reported an increase of 112 cases as well as three Covid-19-related deaths, bringing the county's case count to 12,049 and the number of people dead to 165 as of Tuesday.
"We know that many people feel exhausted, isolated and impatient. It's hard work, but we must do more," said state Health and Human Services Secretary Mark Ghaly.
According to the specialist, the state's average test-positive rate over the past seven days stands at 4.2 percent, its highest level since late August and early September.
As a result, the state has the highest number of counties in the most restrictive level (purple) since the first week of October, as well as its lowest number of counties in the least restrictive level (yellow) since late September.
It should be noted that in other areas of the Bay Area, such as Contra Costa and Santa Cruz counties, much more restrictive reopening measures were imposed Tuesday, significantly reducing the capacity of people inside restaurants and gyms.
It should be noted that both counties were only two weeks at a level orange or level 3, however, this Tuesday they returned to level red or level 2, due to an increase in new cases of Covid-19.
Contra Costa and Santa Cruz joined nine other counties that moved to more restrictive levels Tuesday, while no counties moved to a less restrictive level.
For Santa Cruz County Health Officer Gail Newel, M.D., the recent increase in new cases is partially related to residents celebrating Halloween with people from other households.
Newel also said that many of the new cases in Santa Cruz County have been in young people, who are fully capable of transmitting the virus to more at-risk populations, even if they have mild symptoms.
"We are entering a particularly dangerous period of the pandemic. We ask everyone to meet this challenge by taking whatever steps are necessary to protect each other," he said.
As of Thursday, California had more than 995,600 confirmed cases of Covid-19 and 18,100 deaths related to the coronavirus, according to data from Johns Hopkins University.
In the United States, there are more than 10,415,000 confirmed cases of Covid-19 and 241,907 deaths related to the new coronavirus.
While worldwide there are just over 52 million 304 thousand confirmed cases and one million 287 thousand deaths reported as of Thursday morning.
San Mateo County: 112 new cases of COVID-19
Inmate dies in Maguire Correctional Facility
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On Tuesday afternoon, an inmate's death was reported and is being investigated, according to the San Mateo County Sheriff's Office.
The inmate at the Maguire Correctional Facility in Redwood City was found with no apparent signs of life during a security sweep of the cell block shortly after 14:00 local time.
The prisoner received medical attention; resuscitation was attempted, but he was declared dead at the scene.
"Preliminary investigation indicates possible suicide," the sheriff's office said. "Once the family is notified, the San Mateo County coroner's office will identify the inmate," officials said.
COVID-19: Use of Mouthpieces to Control SARS-CoV-2, CDC
Christian Carlos. Peninsula 360 Press [P360P].
An update of a scientific statement published by the Center for Disease Control (CDC) concludes that "experimental and epidemiological data" support the widespread use of masks as a measure to reduce the spread of SARS-CoV-2, the new coronavirus causing COVID-19 disease, whose source is presumed to be in an exotic market in China's Wuhan region.
According to the scientific summary entitled: "Community Use of Mouthpieces to Control the Spread of SARS-CoV-2", "the CDC recommends the widespread use of mouthpieces" as long as they have no valves. And they recommend maintaining social distance for those who do use them because, they argue, the goal is to reduce the emission of droplets, aerosols and saliva drops that may be "loaded with the virus", especially if the infected person is asymptomatic or a carrier of the virus.
Valved mouthpieces do not protect other people because the valves in some mouthpieces do not protect other people.
According to CDC data, the 50% of active cases - outpatient cases - present an apparent healthy condition, however that same percentage of infected people could prevent the spread of the virus by making correct use of a valveless mouthpiece.
In addition, the CDC concludes that materials such as polypropylene used in mouthpieces "can improve their filtration efficiency" by generating "static electricity" that would help trap the charged particles. And fabrics like silk which, they say, "can help repel wet droplets and reduce fabric moisture" so the mouthpiece could be more gentle on comfort, environment, and above all, breathability; the latter being the first justification for discarding its use. The Center for Disease Control reiterates the use of the mask as a measure to control the pandemic.
The SSC concludes by stating that "further research is needed" to support the basis for this research, as it is possible to "identify combinations of materials that maximize both blocking and filtering efficiency, fit, comfort, durability and consumer appeal.
Finally, the CDC suggests paying attention that "adopting universal policies can help avoid future curfews, especially if combined with other non-pharmaceutical interventions such as social distancing, hand washing and adequate ventilation.
They seek to increase the representation of the Spanish language in the medical field in California
Pamela Cruz and Manuel Ortiz. Peninsula 360 Press
After the U.S. has been hit by the Covid-19 pandemic in recent months, where the Latino community has been the most affected, the need for medical personnel who speak Spanish has increased and has highlighted the disparity that exists in that field.
According to Dr. David Hayes-Bautista, director of the Center for the Study of Latino Health and Culture at the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) School of Medicine, until 2015, there were 344.2 doctors in the state of California for every 100,000 people, of which only 62.1 spoke Spanish.
He also said that until 2015, the state of California had a deficit of 54,655 Latino doctors, because for a population of 15 million 184,905 people of Latino origin, there were only 6,953 doctors from that community, while for 14 million 814,590 white people of non-Hispanic origin, there were 60,106 doctors.
As a result, Spanish has become the least represented language in the medical field in the state, with more practitioners mastering other languages such as Farsi, Hindi, Chinese, Korean, Vietnamese, Thai and Filipino, the specialist said.
Also, Hayes-Bautista explained that from 1980 to 2010, throughout the U.S., for every 100,000 people there was an increase in English-speaking doctors, which rose from 211 to 315, while Latino doctors went from 135 to 105.
In this sense, Van Ton Quinlivan, CEO of Futuro Health, announced the launch of the new campaign, "Tu Nuevo Futuro" (Your New Future), which consists of registering a thousand people who have Spanish as their main language and take a course to prepare them to handle English.
The program in Southern California, he said, consists of a free, health care-specific online English preparation course that seeks to build a diverse portfolio of students who want to pursue a career in the health care industry.
During the virtual meeting: "The health care field offers career paths for LatinX jobseekers-Free online English course, a first step," conducted by Ethnic Media Services, the expert said that in California alone there is a demand for thousands of new health care allied workers with bilingual characteristics.
Van Ton Quinlivan said that beyond doctors and nurses, medical technicians and assistants are needed to help translate and be the contact with the millions of Latinos living in the state who are not fluent in English, let alone in area-specific vocabulary, so many patients cannot adequately manage treatment because they do not understand the indications.
He noted that medical partners include a wide range of clinical, administrative and support functions, including: physician assistants, certified nurse assistants, respiratory therapists, radiology technicians, care coordinators, health IT specialists, licensed vocational nurses, among others.
The course represents an opportunity to improve English language skills for those who wish to pursue a career in health care and provide care to patients, seniors, family members, or become certified health care professionals as a long-term career.
It should be noted that students who decide to apply to the program must be over 18 years old, live in California, have an electronic device such as a smartphone, tablet or laptop with Internet access, and be willing to study three to six hours per week for the duration of the course which can vary between three and five months.
Students who are fluent in Spanish can enroll in the English Health Preparation course by visiting www.tunuevofuturo.com or by calling 1 (855) 463-8580.
"Our nation needs a health care workforce that reflects the communities it serves," Van Ton-Quinlivan said.
For Rosalie Garcia Bernal, who has worked for years as a medical assistant, the opportunity for programs like this are of great importance, because throughout her career she has realized the shortcomings of the Latino community in the state in terms of health, for not being able to communicate with staff who speak their language.
Viviana Row, born in Colombia and married to an American citizen who is in the health care field, said she is happy to enter the program because the course has allowed her to speak better English and has learned more technical vocabulary, which will help her reach her goal of becoming a medical assistant.
"I've felt super comfortable because now I have knowledge that I didn't have before. I think the course is important for those of us who don't speak English well or feel a little insecure. Futuro Health helps us to find our way in the health field. I am motivated and excited to start my career," she said.
Dr. Margarita Loeza, director of medical information at Clínica Familiar Venice, noted that there are many Latinos who seek to enter the medical field in the country, but cannot find the right path to do so because of barriers such as language or economics.
He added that when a Latino patient goes to his doctor and finds that the staff, assistant, or technicians speak the same language, a bond of trust is created, and they respond better to the indications given by the doctors, as well as to the medications that are prescribed for their conditions.
"Latino patients prefer to be seen by doctors and medical personnel who are Latino, but there are simply too few of them," he said.
COVID-19: Stanford engineers create microlaboratory that detects infection in minutes
Pamela Cruz. Peninsula 360 Press [P360P].
Researchers at Stanford University developed a highly automated device that can identify the presence of COVID-19 in 30 minutes using lab-on-a-chip technology and the cutting-edge gene-editing technique known as CRISPR.
The microlab, barely half the size of a credit card, is a microfluidic chip that contains a complex network of channels smaller than the width of a human hair, said the study's lead author, Juan G. Santiago.
The Charles Lee Powell Foundation professor of mechanics and microfluidics expert commented that "the test can identify an active infection relatively quickly and inexpensively".
Nor does it rely on antibodies like many tests, "which only indicate whether someone has had the disease and not whether they are currently infected and therefore contagious," explained Ashwin Ramachandran, a Stanford graduate student and co-author of the study.
The microlaboratory test takes advantage of the fact that SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19 disease, leaves small genetic fingerprints in the form of RNA strands, the gene product of DNA. If coronavirus RNA is present in a swab sample, the person from whom the sample was taken is infected.
To initiate a test, liquid from a nasal swab sample is dropped into the device, which uses electrical fields to extract and purify any nucleic acids, such as RNA. The purified RNA is converted to DNA and then replicated many times using a technique known as isothermal amplification.
Next, an enzyme called CRISPR-Cas12, a sister of the CRISPR-Cas9 enzyme, is used to determine whether some of the amplified DNA came from the coronavirus. If so, the enzyme activates fluorescent probes that make the sample glow.
"Our chip is unique in that it uses electric fields to purify the nucleic acids in the sample and to accelerate the chemical reactions that let us know they are present," Santiago said.
The team of researchers created their device with a budget of about $5,000. For now, the DNA amplification step must be performed outside the chip, but Santiago hopes that in a few months his lab will integrate all the steps on a single chip.
Several human-scale diagnostic tests use similar gene and enzyme amplification techniques, but they are slower and more expensive than the new test, which provides results in just 30 minutes. Other tests may require more manual steps and can take several hours.
The researchers say their approach is not specific to COVID-19 and could be adapted to detect the presence of other harmful microbes, such as E. coli in food or water samples, tuberculosis and other blood-borne diseases.
COVID-19: Santa Clara records sharp increase in cases
Pamela Cruz. Peninsula 360 Press [P360P]
Santa Clara County recorded a sharp increase in reported cases of COVID-19 on Sunday and in recent days, a sign that the spread of the virus in the community is increasing, the county health office said.
Santa Clara officials urged the public to continue physical distancing, the use of masks and other safety measures to help maintain the health of the community and the county in its current "moderate" risk category.
"This increase in COVID-19 cases is not what we want to see in the fall and winter season," Santa Clara County Health Officer and Director of Public Health Dr. Sara Cody, M.D., said in a statement.
"New cases and hospitalizations are increasing locally, regionally, as well as statewide, across the country and around the world. These trends serve as a stark reminder that Covid-19 is still all around us. We must redouble our efforts to keep our community safe."
That's because the cooler temperatures of fall and winter cause people to engage in more indoor activities, such as exercising, eating or socializing, and become complacent about "pandemic fatigue," which raises the risk of COVID-19 transmission.
Board of Supervisors Chairwoman Cindy Chavez said the community and businesses, who enjoy greater freedoms since the County went orange on Oct. 13, need to be vigilant in enforcing mandatory physical distancing protocols.
"Everyone appreciates the options that come with being at a less restrictive level," Chavez said, "but we must be aware that being at such a level does not mean that some activities do not carry risk, which is greatly increased if companies and customers do not follow the rules in place."
So he stressed that before visiting any business, it is important to know their commitment to safety, as all businesses must have a distancing protocol reviewed in the county's records, which the public can find at https://sdp.sccgov.org/.
It should be noted that the County's Compliance and Business Enforcement Team has been responding to non-compliance complaints for over two months, and is stepping up enforcement efforts to crack down on businesses that willfully ignore COVID-19 prevention mandates.
Of the 1,658 business violation complaints received from Aug. 30 to Oct. 26, 1,88 were resolved through County contact and advice on how the business can better operate rules that keep staff and customers safe.
"Most of the companies we contacted are very interested in doing their part," said county attorney James R. Williams. "They accept their responsibility and act accordingly. However, we cannot ignore those that operate in an unsafe manner."
Businesses receive support and assistance on how to understand protocols for keeping their staff and clients safe through critical information, resources, posters, social distancing markers, face masks and other resources at no cost to them.
But the community remains his biggest ally in this fight, acting as "our eyes and ears," they have been providing valuable information to curb illegal operations, such as large gatherings and other possible "super-diffusion" events, he said.
It should be noted that the County has significant authority to enforce the Health Order; with fines starting at $250 and increasing to $5,000 for each violation, and can even double for multi-day violations.
"By no means are these measures we want to apply to businesses, especially when so many are struggling to survive," said Michael Balliet, Director of Environmental Health.
"Our goal is to educate companies to achieve the best outcome for all of us. But we also have a responsibility to take appropriate enforcement action, and we will do so with companies that refuse to comply with public health directives and are putting the community at risk," he said.
Afro-descendant voters, more loyal block to the democratic vote
Khalil Abdullah. Ethnic Media Services. Peninsula 360 Press [P360P].
While minority electoral blocs combined to hand the presidency to Biden, African-American voters remain the Democratic Party's most loyal electorate in the presidential election.
In a survey on the eve of the elections on the African-American vote, designed and executed by the African American Research Collaborative under the direction of Executive Director Henry Fernandez, African-American voters - women in a 92% and men in an 86% - indicated their support for former Vice President Joe Biden.https://electioneve2020.com/poll/#/en/demographics/black/)
President Trump's mishandling of the coronavirus pandemic became the main motivation for African Americans to vote for the Democratic Party, according to Fernandez, who spoke at an election-eve briefing organized by America's Voice. That was true for men and women of African descent in roughly equal numbers.
The secondary motivation was his perception of Trump's disrespect for his community and the fact that it allowed for an increase in overt racism in America. The third most important reason for his pro-democracy votes was concern about the economy in general, with greater variations among African-American voters by age.
Overall, 84% of all African-American voters, men and women, agreed that "President Trump ignored the early warning signs of the coronavirus and due to his mismanagement, millions of Americans became ill and more than 220,000 died.
While the fact that people of African descent have been disproportionately affected by the crown virus is now well documented, the survey revealed that the burning reality of personal loss and the extent of collective loss to the community and the country were paramount in the minds of participants committed to voting in the 2020 elections.
On the issue of racial animosity, the gulf between the perceptions of African-American voters about Trump versus Biden was equally evident. About 59% of the African American respondents felt that Trump did not care about their interests and 22% felt that he was hostile; only 8% felt that Trump really cared. In contrast, 88% of the respondents felt that Biden cared about them.
NAACP President Derrick Johnson, who was one of the survey's sponsors, was asked how he interpreted the doubling of support for President Trump among African-American women voters from the 2016 elections from 4% to 8% and from 13% to 17% for men of African descent. Johnson responded that the African American vote was not monolithic, nor was it expected to be. He said the 86% rate is a clear testament to the loyalty of the Democratic Party and, more importantly, the numbers and polls show that "white supremacist behavior will not be tolerated" by this electorate.
Like Johnson, Fernandez noted that men of African descent, at 86 percent, are a core constituency for Democrats, more so than even white women who, as exit polls show, voted for President Trump in greater numbers in 2020 than in the 2016 election. As one panelist put it bluntly, "White women are not a Democratic constituency.
Predictions that President Trump's signing of the criminal justice reform legislation, the First Step Law, would bring about a significant shift from African-American male voters to the Republican Party were refuted by the poll, Fernandez said.
The survey showed that people of African descent, and the other ethnic groups surveyed as well, are very concerned about current criminal justice policies, community policing and their intersection with racism. These Americans support reform through multifaceted approaches, including reducing mass incarceration, providing educational opportunities for those in prison, and increasing job training and access to mental health services for their communities.
However, as Johnson noted, when speaking of people of African descent, it is a short-sighted and ill-informed view of history to focus on criminal justice as if it "is the sum total of our existence in this country.
Beyond the three main motivators, the survey also showed that people of African descent, like the other groups surveyed, largely disapproved of President Trump's anti-immigrant policies and initiatives, particularly the separation of children from their parents. With an 81%, African Americans supported the design of "a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants living and working here" as well as the design of a process to accommodate legal entry into the United States.
Redwood City Moves Forward in Counting its Next Aldermen
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Redwood City. After the general election held on November 3, Redwood City not only elected the next four years White House, or congressmen, but at the local level, the district vote count is moving forward to meet the next councilmen.
Thus, according to preliminary results, in District 1, candidate Jeff Gee has 64.11 percent of the votes, with 3,387 ballots in his favor, compared to his opponent, Nancy Radcliffe, who has 1,896 votes, representing 3l 35.89 percent of the preferences.
Jeff Gee is an architect, business leader, and has served as mayor and vice mayor, in addition to being a member of the City Council from 2010 to 2018. Among his main proposals were to address the Covid-19 health care crisis and prevent further layoffs, request benefits and support for the unemployed, and protect the local economy, including with loans and grants for small businesses.
It should be noted that in that district, it is known that 80.98 percent of the electorate voted, since of the 7,603 people eligible to vote, 6,157 voted, of which 5,608 voted by mail and 549 at the polls.
In the case of District Three, Lissette Espinoza-Garnica leads with 40.49 percent of the votes, while her contenders, Janet Borgens and Isabella Chu, obtained 36.13 and 23.37 percent of the votes, respectively.
Candidate Espinoza-Garnica identifies herself as a non-binary queer girl, caregiver and teaching assistant. Her proposal was to act against displacement and gentrification, reduce the police budget and promote the decriminalization of people of African descent, the LGTBQ+ community, and migrants, among others. In addition, restore wetlands to create living dikes against flooding.
In that district, 3,140 votes were registered, out of the 4,622 that were contemplated, representing 67,94% of votes, most of which were cast through the postal service (2,858 votes).
In the fourth district there were no surprises, since the only contender was Michael Smith, who has a total of 1,849 votes so far, of which 1,632 were by mail, and 217 directly at the polls.
Entrepreneur Michael Smith, is a volunteer and member of the El Camino Real Corridor Citizens Advisory Group, and a member of the Redwood City Planning Commission.
Among its main proposals are to provide communities with affordable housing, empower young people with efficient public transport and job and professional development, and small entrepreneurs with subsidies, better rentals and other opportunities.
For District Seven in the city of Redwood, Alicia Aguirre has a wide lead with 49.18 percent of the vote, followed by Chris Rasmussen with 38.04 percent of the vote, and Mark Wolohan with 12.78 percent of the vote.
The above, as a result of a vote of 83.04 percent of the electorate, since six thousand 851 people of the eight thousand 250 registered to vote exercised their right, of which six thousand 348 did so through the mail and 503 in voting centers.
Alicia Aguirre is a professor with a doctorate in social anthropology, was the first Latina mayor in the city's history and is a current member of the City Council.
Protecting underrepresented community groups and those who are the object of racial injustice, as well as addressing the impacts of Covid-19, promoting affordable housing for vulnerable groups and supporting local businesses are his main proposals for becoming a city councilor in the city that has over 86,000 inhabitants.
It should be noted that provisional votes have yet to be counted, as 77.6 percent of the ballots have been counted so far.
COVID-19: Pfizer announces vaccine with 90% efficacy
Pamela Cruz. Peninsula 360 Press.
U.S. drugmaker Pfizer and German firm BioNTech reported that studies of their COVID-19 vaccine have shown superior efficacy to 90% in participants who showed no prior evidence of infection with the virus.
Thus, during the first analyses of the phase three study on this vaccine, a level of protection of 90% against the virus was achieved only 28 days after the first dose and seven days after the second application.
However, in a statement, both companies cautioned that the final efficacy may vary as the study progresses.
So far, they said, no safety problems have been reported, so the independent body in charge of overseeing the clinical trials has recommended collecting additional information, which will be analyzed with the U.S. regulatory authorities.
"I am pleased to share with you that Pfizer and our collaborator, BioNTech, announced positive efficacy results from our Phase 3, late-stage study of our candidate COVID-19 vaccine. The vaccine candidate was found to be more than 90% effective in preventing COVID-19 in participants with no evidence of prior SARS-CoV-2 infection in the first interim efficacy analysis," Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla said in the document.
This, he said, "means we are one step closer to bringing people around the world a much-needed breakthrough to help end this global pandemic.
He added that it could be about two months after the safety data from the second and final dose of the candidate vaccine, required by Food and Drug Administration (FDA) guidance, that a possible emergency use authorization could be given.
He also noted that data is being generated to show that the vaccine can be manufactured consistently to meet quality standards.
It should be noted that efficacy, safety and consistent manufacture are the three requirements that are needed before authorisation can be applied for.
Phase three of the trial began on July 27 and to date has required 43,538 volunteers, of whom 38,955 received a second dose on November 8.
Minority Vote Was Crucial in Joe Biden's Triumph: Experts
Pam Cruz. Peninsula 360 Press.
It was the morning of Saturday, November 7, when the media announced that the Democratic candidate for the U.S. presidency, Joe Biden, won in Pennsylvania, a state that would give him the victory by putting him above the 270 electoral votes needed, however, the minority vote was crucial to his victory.
And according to Stephen Nuño-Perez, an analyst with the Latino Decisions organization, according to the results of The American Election Eve 2020 poll, Joe Biden won Latino voters nationwide by an estimated margin of 43 points.
Thus, the now-virtual winner of the U.S. presidency received the support of 70 percent of Latinos, while Republican Donald Trump captured 27 percent, and the remaining 3.0 percent supported other candidates.
The also communications director of the organization, said during the virtual meeting: "Analysts take stock of the ethnic vote and its impact" conducted by Ethnic Media Services, that the Covid-19 pandemic had a significant impact on Latino voters, as it is the community that has been hit hardest by the virus.
Nationally, he noted, 67 percent of Latinos surveyed agreed with the statement that Trump "ignored early warning signs" about the virus and "mismanaged" the government's response.
Their attitudes are similar to those of Asian Americans (67 percent), but notably lower than those of African Americans (84 percent), he said.
The poll also notes that only white voters surveyed were more likely to agree with the statement that "there was nothing Trump could have done differently" to limit the spread of the virus (54 percent).
In that regard, 90 percent of Latino voters said a national mandate is needed to wear masks in public whenever Covid-19 is a threat.
The study also reveals that of the Latino community, 45 percent of Cubans would vote for Biden and 52 percent for Trump, while Mexican-Americans 74 percent would vote for the Democratic candidate and 23 percent for the Republican.
In the case of U.S.-born Latinos, 70 percent would vote for Biden and 27 percent for Trump.
In gender also marked an important difference, as Latinas are the ones who would vote for Biden with 73 percent against 23 percent who would have done so for Trump, while men were 67 percent in favor of Biden and 31 percent for Trump.
According to Latino Decisions, the poll of more than 15,000 voters nationwide, in Pennsylvania, the state that gave the victory to the Democrat, 69 percent of Latinos would vote for Biden while 26 percent would vote for Trump.
To that, they add that nationally, Latinos supported protests this summer that continue to this day in response to police abuse of the African-American community.
When questioned about whether they believe police should be held accountable for their actions when they kill or abuse African Americans and whether to get rid of laws that make it harder to prosecute police officers, so they face justice like everyone else, 89 percent said they supported it.
Similarly, the issue of racism was among their top priorities when it came to voting, with 62 percent of Latino voters saying that racism and discrimination against their community had increased in the past four years.
This wasn't just a sentiment among Democrats either, with 34 percent of Republican Latinos saying the same thing.
According to Theodore Johnson, a researcher at the Brennan Center for Justice, the racial justice protests, coupled with the Covid-19 numbers and unemployment in the African-American community, were key to getting these voters to the polls.
In that sense, he noted that 90 percent of voters of African descent gave their ballot in favor of Democrat Joe Biden, while only 8.0% did so for Republican Donald Trump.
This, he noted, has been seen since 1964, where 90 percent of African-American votes have been for Democratic candidates, and this election saw the highest voter turnout in more than 120 years.
However, he said, the gender bias is different, as more men voted for Donald Trump, while women mostly went for Joe Biden, as Kamala Harris accompanying the Democrat also helped turnout increase.
In the case of Asian Americans, about 300,000 voted for the first time, said John Yang, vice president and director of Asian Americans Advancing Justice. He added that the enthusiasm for these votes exceeded those of 2012 and 2016.
The activist also noted that between 65 and 70 percent of Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) voters supported Biden, while 30 percent voted for Trump.
Yang said it was a common good that united African descendants, Latinos, Native Americans, and Asian Americans to vote more enthusiastically for Biden, especially in states key to the Democrat's victory.
The editor of Indian Country Today, meanwhile, noted the impact of the Native American vote, and that in these particular elections, Native Americans were elected to state legislatures, most notably Arizona and Kansas.
In this regard, he noted that racism and Xenophony in the speech of Republican candidate Donald Trump, made natives turn their vote for Democrat Joe Biden, as he said that the native community, looking for "a welcoming country".
