The Screener, the Prepper, and the Swabber: Top 3 Roles for MAs at Drive-Through COVID-19 Testing Sites
The COVID-19 pandemic has gone through a strange pattern in the United States, surging to crisis levels in major urban centers like New York and New Orleans, then subsiding briefly before coming back hard and strong in more rural states like Alabama and Arizona. It’s a strong message that the virus is likely to be a persistent, whack-a-mole problem that’s going to rear its head the moment we relax our grip on it. And through it all, medical assistants will remain on the front lines of that battle around the country.