Health Care Workers on the Frontlines of War against Coronavirus | PBS NewsHour

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News summary: Concern is growing around the country over how frontline health care workers will deal with a potential surge of very sick coronavirus patients. Doctors, nurses and other medical professionals are also worried about their own health and that of their families. PBS NewsHour Correspondent William Brangham talks to Dr. Billy Goldberg, an ER doctor at NYU Langone Health, and Dr. Anish Mahajan, chief medical officer at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center.

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