The Frontline Healthcare Worker’s Risk

By Nana Dadzie Ghansah

From Nguyen NH et al. Lancet Public Health July 2020

In the times we live in, one may ask, “Compared to the general population, what is the risk a frontline healthcare worker (HCW) has of contracting COVID-19?”
If one calculated this risk, it would be a ratio:

Risk of contracting COVID-19 in the general population: Risk of contracting COVID-19 as a frontline worker.