USA TODAY story from "Pioneer Press" (Minnesota)
Almost 1,000 staffers at the Mayo Clinic have contracted COVID-19 in the past two weeks, the system's dean of clinical practice says Wed. Nov. 18, 2020. Dr. Amy Williams said 93% of the infections took place away from work, and that most of the infections that took place at work involved eating in a break room with a mask off, according to the Pioneer Press. Williams also said the clinic is seeing more patients transferring in, an indication that hospitals elsewhere in Minnesota and surrounding states are overwhelmed because of this surge.
"Everybody is getting very tired of wearing a mask and hearing about social distance, being told to wash their hands, but we're doing this because we care about our communities," Williams said. "We don't want families to lose loved ones."
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