Nurses Are Anxious and Angry in 2nd Wave: âWeâre Not Preparedâ âWeâre worse off in some ways than we were in the beginning,â said one nurse about the lack of workers and resources at her New York hospital. Among health care workers, nurses face a particularly high risk of contracting the virus, according to a recent report by the C.D.C.Credit...Victor J. Blue for The New York Times Dec. 17, 2020 In Albany, an outbreak of the coronavirus erupted among nurses and patients in the cancer unit of a hospital. Across the state, nurses at hospitals in the Buffalo area bought their own masks and face shields