This is what we owe the world's health and care workers, who put their lives on the line for us
Those on the pandemic's frontlines -- health and care workers, including nurses -- risk their lives every day to treat their patients. They face high risk of infection with Covid-19; the World Health Organization (WHO) estimated in May, almost certainly a substantial underestimate, that a stunning 115,000 or more had already died from Covid-19. By July, the death toll was estimated at 200 each and every day since the pandemic began.
The WHO has declared 2021 the International Year of Health and Care Workers, but to celebrate them as heroes is an empty, meaningless gesture if we continue to fail to protect them.… Seguir leyendo »