Miners Fear the Impacts COVID-19 Could Have in Coal Country
Dr. Leonard Go, research assistant professor of environmental and occupational health sciences and co-investigator of the UIC Black Lung Center of Excellence, was featured in Gizmodo analyzing the healthcare access impacts of COVID-19 in rural areas where many current and retired coal miners live.
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If a healthcare worker gets sick, for example, the impact is going to be greater in a community with fewer healthcare resources than in a larger city with many hospitals. Prevention is really the name of the game here.
| Co-investigator, Black Lung Center of Excellence
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Modified on December 14, 2020