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4/5/2021 e 41 of 73 About 20% of grocery store workers had Covid-19, and most didn't have symptoms, study found - CNN <br />ZZalth <br />• LIVE TV <br />AVAN,1'� <br />WITH DR. SANJAY GUPTA <br />Sign up for the Results Are In Newsletter <br />Get the latest expert advice to live <br />a healthier and happier life <br />Sign Me Up <br />No, Thanks <br />By subscribing you agree to our Privacy Policy <br />n <br />This inability to social distance had an emotional, as well as a physical impact. Nearly a quarter of the people in <br />customer service jobs said they had problems with anxiety and depression compared to 8% of workers who did <br />not have to interact with customers. Employees who commuted to work by bike, car or by walking were less likely <br />to experience depression than those who used public transportation, the study found. <br />Related Article: Flying can be safer than <br />grocery shopping, Harvard study asserts <br />"If you are in an environment when you're literally in front of a <br />customer, you can't be more than six feet and that is really <br />stressful for essential employees," Yang said. <br />At least 108 grocery workers have died and more than 16,300 <br />have been infected or exposed to Covid-19, the United Food <br />and Commercial Workers International Union, or UFCW, said <br />Thursday. The union represents 1.3 million employees. <br />The rates of infection among the workers in this study do <br />seem high, Yang said. By comparison, an earlier study of <br />Covid-19 infections among Dutch health care workers found <br />the infection rate was about 10%. <br />Yang said he hopes this study prompts the government and <br />store owners to provide better guidance, routine testing and <br />protection for grocery store workers. <br />There has been a national movement to designate grocery <br />workers as first responders which would give them priority <br />access to testing and personal protective equipment. <br />In an editorial for CNN in August, Marc Perrone, the President <br />of UFCW and Democratic Vice Presidential candidate Kamala <br />Harris argued that grocery workers should also get hazard <br />pay. <br />Non-union grocery workers often have little to no healthcare <br />coverage, meaning they could potentially face expensive <br />health care bills if they contracted Covid-19. <br />https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/29/health/grocery-workers-increased-covid-19-risk-wellness/index.html 403/5 <br />