'A Year Ago I Was a Hero. Now I'm Treated Like Scum.'
A banner hanging at a house across Wyckoff Hospital in Bushwick honoring first responders. (Erik McGregor/LightRocket via Getty Images)
Frontline workers are choosing to lose their jobs rather than get the vaccine. Why?
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At the outset of the pandemic, Becca Pitts, a 21-year-old certified nursing assistant from Crawfordsville, Ind., worked 60-hour weeks, doing 12- and sometimes 16-hour shifts in nursing homes and hospital wards helping patients shower and eat. She had to wear the same surgical mask for up to a week because of shortages. She was emotionally drained. She d…
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