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Collected Item: “Healthcare Workers Vulnerability to COVID”

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Healthcare Workers Vulnerability to COVID

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news article

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This is article covers a research period from March 1 to May 31 involving adults with COVID-19 which included healthcare workers as patients. It reports finding who was affected, how sick they became, and the percentage of those who died. The median age was 49 for healthcare workers, 13 years younger than the entire group surveyed. Men outnumbered women in severity, but women accounted for larger numbers affected. The findings also concluded that healthcare workers are being stretched to their limits and operating with scarce personal protective equipment.

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#heathcareworkers, #healthcareheroes, #community, #ASU, #HST485

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https://www.latimes.com/science/story/2020-10-27/among-healthcare-workers-covid-19-hardest-on-nurses

Who originally created this object? (If you created this object, such as photo, then put "self" here.)

Melissa Healy

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2020-10-27
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