STAT June 12, 2020
Amid the nightly roar of applause for health care workers courageously caring for Covid-19 patients, many of them are losing their jobs.
The crisis behind quarantine clapping — a communal show of gratitude for the workers braving the pandemic — has overwhelmed intensive care units in hospitals located in Covid-19 hot spots like New York, Boston, Detroit, and Seattle. At the same time, it has also tanked demand for primary care, dentistry, dermatology, and other clinical services. Why? Many of those in need of those services are among those also at greatest risk of contracting the virus that causes Covid-19.
In March, 43,000 health care workers were laid off. That ballooned in April to more than 1.4 million, mostly from...
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