As COVID-19 surges, swabbers carry on ⦠and on ⦠and on â¦
By Kay Lazar Globe Staff,Updated December 16, 2020, 9:05 a.m.
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Karina Mendoza is a registered nurse who works full time swabbing at the East Boston Neighborhood Health Center.David L. Ryan/Globe Staff
They have worked in tents, weathering the sweltering heat, lightning, and now snow. Theyâve faced seemingly endless lines of sometimes frustrated and frightened people seeking COVID-19 tests. They are the ones who have had to tell people it may be days before they receive their results.
After more than nine months of COVID testing, the army of health care workers on the