NJ Spotlight News | Clip | Public health workers feel ‘helplessness and burnout’
New Jersey public health officials say angry political pushback together with back-breaking workloads at low pay have created toxic conditions for staffers during the pandemic. One public health official notes, “When you feel that there’s a certain part of the public that just doesn’t support your mission — which is trying to keep people healthy — I think that’s tough on morale.”