A Washington Post-Kaiser Family Foundation poll finds that, a year into the pandemic, roughly 3 in 10 health-care workers have weighed leaving their profession. More than half say they are burned out. And about 6 in 10 say stress from the pandemic has harmed their mental health. In wrenching interviews, nurses, doctors, technicians — and even administrative staff and dental hygienists who haven't directly treated any covid-19 patients — explained the impulse to quit and the emotional wreckage the pandemic has left in their lives. |
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