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Your public health workers are not okay

Katelyn Jetelina
Jul 1, 2021
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Lack of resources, long (really long) hours, and a duty to remain stoic takes a toll. While I have heard anecdotes, we hadn’t really known the national extent until a MMWR study was published last Friday.

Scientists surveyed 26,174 public health workers who worked in a health department at anytime during 2020. Information was gathered on four mental ill…

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