Abstract:The study presents the struggles healthcare workers went through during the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic. Many providers themselves were immuno-compromised, immune-deficient, and taking medications. In addition to these genuine concerns about their physical safety, they were simultaneously worried about inadvertently infecting family members and the long-term mental health effects of watching patients suffer and, in some cases, die from COVID-19. Their traumas are associated with soldiers returning home f… Show more
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