“We worked so hard for so many months. But we are not gods.”

Simply reporting for work can mean gambling with your life, and the odds grow longer when masks and other personal protective equipment become difficult to get. https://wapo.st/2AAleRz 
The veteran nurse could have taken easier jobs. She chose to work in a correctional facility that became a covid-19 hot spot.

Read more about Daisy Doronila here: https://wapo.st/37FWOSt 
Jeff Baumbach had been a nurse for three decades before succumbing to covid-19.

Read more about him here: https://wapo.st/3hBql4s 
Kim King-Smith, an EKG technician from Piscataway, N.J., worked for more than a decade at University Hospital in Newark. She died of covid-19 on March 31.

Read more about her here: https://wapo.st/37CwPeV 
Longtime Queens nurse Aleyamma “Molly” John "believed in a purpose greater than" herself.

Read more about her here: https://wapo.st/3hG4xVh 
Hundreds of healthcare workers have died fighting a virus against which humans have no known immunity.

There is no official tally of their deaths.

Co-workers have been left to deal not just with grief but a mix of anger, frustration and fear. http://wapo.st/30SM9m8 
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