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Healthcare workers on the frontlines of the coronavirus pandemic are under a lot of emotional and physical pressure while taking care of extremely ill patients, and are constantly concerned over the well-being of their own families as they work in highly contagious settings, the Associated Press reported.
Nurses in the coronavirus unit at St. Jude's Medical Center in Fullerton, California, treat patients through 12-hour shifts before going home and struggling to figure out how to not expose their families to the coronavirus.
Spencer Cushing rented his own apartment in April to protect his wife, 3-year-old James, and baby Walter from exposure to the virus.
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Source: AP
His wife quit her part-time job also as a nurse to take care of their kids. His three-year-old son began sleepwalking.
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Source: AP
After a few months, the family decided it was best for him to go home.
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"You couldn't stay away for six months," Eleanor said to her husband. "We're going to be seeing these patients for a long time."
Source: AP
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