Nurses Stage National Protests for More Protective Equipment and Safer Working Conditions

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🗓️ 6 August 2020

⏱️ 26 minutes

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On August 5, thousands of nurses across the country staged protests to highlight the lack of personal protective equipment and other challenges they continue to face as front line workers in this pandemic. According to media reports, in California, 100 health care workers have been killed by Covid-19 and medical workers account for 20% of all infections in some states. Nurses are demanding that more be done to protect them. We'll hear about what how nurses are coping and what they need for a safer work environment. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:46.5	From KQED Public Radio in San Francisco. I'm Michael Kastney. Yesterday, nurses in the Bay Area and
1:05.1	nationwide stage protests to bring attention to the challenges they face during the pandemic,
1:10.6	including increased
1:11.7	patient loads and PPE shortages. We'll talk with a local nurse and union official about
1:16.5	their demands. Then at 9.30, two-thirds of teachers nationally do not want to return to in-person
1:22.7	instruction during the pandemic. And more than 80% think distance learning will exacerbate learning gaps
1:28.4	and cause students to fall behind.
1:30.6	That's all according to a new NPR survey.
1:33.2	We'll hear about what concerns teachers the most.
1:35.8	That's all next after this. Welcome to this morning's forum. I'm Michael Krasny.
1:51.3	Across the country yesterday, thousands of nurses staged protests to highlight the challenges
1:56.5	they face as frontline health care workers during the pandemic. More than 100 health care workers in
2:01.6	California have died from COVID-19. And according to media reports, medical professionals account for 20%
2:08.0	of coronavirus infections in some states. Over six months into the pandemic, a lack of personal
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