'Essential' Workers Still Endangered by COVID-19
âEssentialâ Workers Still Endangered by COVID-19 Biden and Congress must boost OSHA standards and enforcement to stifle the pandemic. More than a year into a pandemic that has killed nearly half a million Americans, millions of workers still toil in dangerous infection-spreading conditions, in hospitals and clinics, nursing homes, factories, supermarkets, and fieldsâperilously providing Americaâs food and health care in hazardous conditions. While there is no single source enumerating COVID-19 health effects on workers, there is ample reliable data showing that worker expo...