THE WORK WE DO: LIVING WITH COVID-19 LONG TERM

March 7, 2022

As this Magazine goes to press, the country is approaching a grim milestone. March 16 will be the second anniversary of New York City schools being shut down and workers at most non-essential businesses being ordered to work from home. This day marked the beginning of what became known as the ‘lockdown’. Hopes for a return to normal were first dashed by the Delta variant and more recently by Omicron. Healthcare workers on the frontlines have always been the essential workers most at risk of contracting the virus themselves.

Here are a small sample of the lasting health effects of the virus that many 1199SEIU members have had to endure.