A COVID-19 outbreak at PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center demonstrates the conundrum faced by companies in the age of coronavirus. While employers are in a difficult position, PeaceHealth must work to better protect its patients and its employees; the health standards for a hospital must be higher than those of the average business.
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