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Opinion: The Covid-19 crisis too few are talking about: health care workers’ mental health

Mental health can't be an afterthought in coping with a pandemic. It took far too long for us to start talking about how to protect health care workers physically. Let's…
Medical and physician assistant students in personal protective equipment prepare to screen for possible coronavirus cases at a makeshift camp for the homeless in Las Vegas.

In the midst of this global pandemic, people are talking about the urgent and critical need for personal protective equipment. They are sharing concerns about the impending lack of respirators and the need for testing. And they are encouraging people to #flattenthecurve through social distancing. But no one is talking about a potential mental health crisis facing health care workers on the frontlines of this pandemic.

To an outside observer, health care workers look strong and resilient in the face of the unknown. They us as they every day, at great personal risk, to keep others

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