Lessons From COVID-19 for Protecting Workers in the Next Pandemic
David Michaels, Gregory R. Wagner, Lillian Ryan
Abstract
This Viewpoint examines some of the missteps during the COVID-19 pandemic to protect health care workers and how to use lessons from those mistakes for future pandemics.
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