Pandemic Nation

Capital & Main
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Each week Pandemic Nation examines how the coronavirus is affecting front-line workers and America's most vulnerable populations.

  1. 02/19/2021

    COVID Roulette: Frontline Workers Forced to Choose Income Over Health

    As pandemic-striken businesses return to life, employees face medical risks and uncertainty. Mark Kreidler speaks to Elvia Martinez, who works at LAX's Panda Express.

    12 min

  2. 02/12/2021

    Health Care Workers Battle in COVID's Dangerous Trenches

    What happens when pandemic fighters are at risk themselves with preexisting medical conditions?

    17 min

  3. 02/03/2021

    Closing a Hospital During a Pandemic

    Mark Kreidler speaks to Shenita Anderson, a nurse at Olympia Medical Center, a soon to be shuttered hospital in Los Angeles.

    12 min

  4. 12/24/2020

    One Patient at a Time

    Mark Kreidler speaks with Dr. Coley King, director of homeless health care at Venice Family Clinic.

    16 min

  5. 12/18/2020

    Chasing The Vaccine: Episode 5

    She has heard no plan for a federal relief package that might somehow lessen her burden. And, hotel worker Liliana Hernandez says, the whole notion of a vaccine getting the country back on track might be way too late for her and her colleagues. In a state of inequity, relief remains elusive.

    10 min

  6. 12/17/2020

    Chasing the Vaccine: Episode 4

    While 57% of Californians in a recent Public Policy Institute poll said they would either definitely or probably take the vaccine, the figure plummets to 29% among Black respondents. Systemic and pervasive racism lies at the root of that deep distrust of the system, says our guest, Michelle Burton of the Los Angeles-based Community Health Councils.

    16 min

  7. 12/16/2020

    Chasing the Vaccine: Episode 3

    Mark Kreidler speaks with Erin McIntosh, a rapid-response nurse in Riverside, about the burnout plaguing health care workers in the final stretch of the pandemic.

    15 min

  8. 12/15/2020

    Chasing the Vaccine: Episode 2

    CommuniCare's CEO explains how community clinics will receive and administer the vaccine to patients who don't often see doctors.

    14 min
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Each week Pandemic Nation examines how the coronavirus is affecting front-line workers and America's most vulnerable populations.

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  • Creator
    Capital & Main
  • Years Active
    2020 - 2021
  • Episodes
    34
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Copyright 2020
  • Show Website
    Pandemic Nation