Andrew Tagg is an Emergency Physician who defines what an aerosol generating procedure (AGP) is and discusses how they increase the spread of a pathogen when healthcare workers perform various treatment modalities for pediatric patients, which also applies for...
CDC reports examine U.S. Death Rates for 2021 and found that it was responsible for 13% of all deaths in the U.S. in 2021, up from 10 percent the year prior. “In both 2020 and 2021, the only conditions that killed more people than Covid were heart disease, which...
Emergency Medical Service (EMS) workers are overworked and underpaid, all while risking their lives to save the lives of others. “Nationwide, at least 128 medical first responders have died of Covid-19, according to Lost on the Frontline, a Guardian/Kaiser Health News...
Healthcare workers worldwide have become collateral damage as we wage this war against the coronavirus. “Many have themselves become infected, and while reporting is scant, we estimate that at least 115,000 health and care workers have paid the ultimate price in...
3,607 US healthcare workers have died from January 2020 – April 2021 “‘Lost on the Frontline,’ an ongoing project from The Guardian and Kaiser Health News that aims to document the lives of health care workers in the U.S. who die from COVID-19, and to...
One healthcare worker was dying every 30 minutes during the pandemic “For one health worker to die from COVID-19 every 30 minutes is both a tragedy and an injustice. Health workers all over the world have put their lives on the line to try and keep people safe from...
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