More than 100 doctors, physician assistants & nurse practitioners who work at urgent-care facilities within Seattle’s MultiCare health system went on strike Monday, as #COVID19 pandemic worsens, to protest working without adequate PPEs and other harsh conditions. 🧵 
2) “our biggest concern and challenge is having adequate PPE [personal protective equipment] at work and feeling like we’re in as safe a work environment as possible. Our concerns are being ignored and dismissed.”
3) “The providers want access to N95 respirators, plexiglass barriers in the reception areas, and for the company to discourage patients from using waiting rooms. Also health providers don’t have time for scheduled breaks, and often work days that stretch longer than 12 hours.”
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