JAMA | 2021
COVID-19 Precautions Are Scarce in Non-Health Care Workplaces.
Abstract
Less than half of US workers in non-health care fields had COVID-19 prevention measures in place at work as of June 2020, based on an online survey of 4000 US, nonremote workers The CDC recommends that workers who aren t able to work remotely use physical barriers, cloth face masks, or other personal protective equipment to prevent COVID-19 transmission In addition, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration may also require protective measures Yet only about 46% of employees with in-person jobs outside of the health care sector used COVID-19 preventive measures;among them, about 56% worked for employers that mandated precautions, according to the CDC-commissioned survey About three-quarters of workers who reported not using COVID-19 prevention measures at work said they didn t think they were needed