Think Health Care Workers Are Tested Often For The Coronavirus? Think Again

A nurse puts on personal protective equipment as she prepares to treat a COVID-19 patient at a rural Missouri hospital last month.

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In a recent roundtable with Joe Biden, nurse Mary Turner told the president-elect something he found surprising:

“Do you know that I have not been tested yet?” said Turner, who is president of the Minnesota Nurses Association. “And I have been on the front lines of the ICU since February.”

“You’re kidding me!” Biden replied.