Asian Americans health care workers are large parts of the medical response to COVID19, serving all communities and all patients. Nationally Asian Americans make up
21% of active physicians
9% of nurses
22% of pharmacists
34% of critical care fellows (advanced training physicians in ICUs)
15% of Emergency Room physicians in training
11% of physical therapists
7% of respiratory therapists
View references #1 - #8 for the sources for these statistics
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