Samantha K. Smith, writes that we need to have systems in place that secure affordable and ready access to mental health counseling, drug and alcohol treatment, and the proper time to heal for our frontline Covid-19 responders.
Samantha K. Smith is a writer living in New York. Her published work can be found in The New York Times, Granta Magazine, Slate, The Washington Post, and elsewhere. Follow her on Twitter: @samanthakristia. As the daily death toll decreased for the first time in New York on April 5, many of us are bracing for the storm to end and hopeful for our lives to resume outside of our homes.
Samantha K. SmithHealth care workers are at a greater risk of contracting the novel coronavirus. In New York, according to a report from Business Insider, many providers with symptoms are not being tested, but asked to stay home for just seven days before resuming work. In some cases where a provider tests positive but remains asymptomatic, they've been asked to continue working because our hospitals are already short staffed and operating at their maximum capacity.
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