PBS News Hour

Preparing to care for COVID-19 patients takes physical toll

Florida is among the U.S. states seeing cases of COVID-19 grow significantly. Its surgeon general now says residents will likely need to wear masks in public for up to a year. But for health care workers, protective equipment measures are much more extreme. William Brangham talks to Joseph Falise, a nurse with the University of Miami Health System, about the physical and mental strain involved.

Preparing to care for COVID-19 patients takes physical toll

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