Amid COVID-19, Public Health Workers Face Intense Pressure And Backlash

Published: Jan. 19, 2021, 8:29 p.m.

The work that people in public health do is often not very visible. It’s usually focused on long-term impacts like improving maternal health and encouraging flu shots. But when the COVID-19 pandemic hit the U.S. last spring, public health workers were thrown into the spotlight seemingly overnight. And this sudden shift has taken a huge toll on them.