In March, Sue Williams-Ward took a new job, with a $1-an-hour raise. The employer, a home health care agency called Together We Can, was paying a premium—$13 an hour—after it started losing aides when COVID-19 safety concerns mounted. Williams-Ward, a 68-year-old Indianapolis resident, was a devoted caregiver who bathed, dressed and fed clients as if […]
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PPE unmasked: why health-care workers in Australia are inadequately protected against coronavirus
In Victoria, more than 1,100 health-care workers have now been infected with SARS-CoV-2, the coronavirus that causes COVID-19. Some 11% of active cases are workers in the health-care sector. Health-care workers are reported to be among those fighting for life in Victorian intensive care units. While we don’t know what proportion of the Victorian health-care […]