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Andrew Jacobs, The New York Times
Published: 21 Dec 2020 12:55 PM BdST
Updated: 21 Dec 2020 12:55 PM BdST
A nurse at a hospital in Green Bay, Wis, dons a protective gown on Nov 23 2020. Health care workers are urging the incoming Biden administration to use the Defence Production Act to increase domestic manufacturing of personal protective equipment. Hilary Swift/The New York Times
As Americans celebrate the rollout of a coronavirus vaccine, many of the doctors and nurses first in line for inoculation say a victory lap is premature. They fear that the optimism stirred by the vaccine will overshadow a crisis that has drawn scant public attention in recent months: the alarming shortage of personal protective equipment, or PPE, that has led front line medical workers to ration their use of the disposable gloves, gowns and N95 respirator masks that reduce the spread of infection. ....

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