New York has been aggressively testing frontline workers. After testing approximately 27,000 employees across 25 downstate health care facilities for COVID-19 antibodies, we found some hopeful results. The survey showed that the infection rate among health care workers is about the same, or even lower, than the infection rate of the general population. That's good news because it suggests that when the protocols that medical workers know to take — including proper hand washing, wearing masks and gloves — are followed, the virus can be held at bay.
That is encouraging, though so many health care workers and first responders are still without effective PPE.
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Date: 2020-05-08 03:59 am (UTC)That is encouraging, though so many health care workers and first responders are still without effective PPE.