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If you’re a US healthcare worker worried about how the US will deal with coronavirus, we’d like to hear from you. Share your views and experiences

If you’re a US healthcare worker worried about how the US will deal with coronavirus, we’d like to hear from you. Share your views and experiences
US President Donald Trump (2nd L) flanked by US Vice President Mike Pence (R), after speaking at a news conference on the COVID-19 outbreak at the White House on February 26. Photograph: Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty

US President Donald Trump (2nd L) flanked by US Vice President Mike Pence (R), after speaking at a news conference on the COVID-19 outbreak at the White House on February 26. Photograph: Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty

We’d like US healthcare workers to get in touch to help us understand whether the US is prepared for a coronavirus outbreak.

whistleblower has alleged that US health workers who assisted Americans evacuated from China because of the coronavirus outbreak were not given proper training or appropriate protective gear.

Other experts have warned that the US healthcare system is uniquely unprepared to deal with an outbreak like this because of factors such as the cost of healthcare and the lack of paid sick days.

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Source: The Guardian

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