The COVID-19 Pandemic

The COVID-19 Pandemic and Mobile Patients

We at Migrant Clinicians Network have a dual priority to support clinicians and the vulnerable patients that they serve. MCN is presently developing strategies and resources to support clinicians as they reach out to communities that are often overlooked and give care to patients who might otherwise have nowhere to go. We remain highly concerned for the vulnerable populations that already encounter numerous barriers to health and to care.

Recommendations are changing every day. As new data are gathered and research is carried out, our understanding of COVID-19, how it works, and how it spreads is refined. Necessarily, our recommendations must adjust. Please continue to review recommendations from the CDC and adjust strategies accordingly.
Always presume that the virus is present. Our understanding of its spread remains limited. Asymptomatic individuals may be unwittingly spreading the virus. In the absence of extensive testing and given our early understanding of the disease, take full precautions as if COVID-19 is present.
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Please choose from the categories below for more information and recommended resources.

Farmworkers and Essential Workers

MCN is gravely concerned about the implications and repercussions of recent comments about the cultures and personal lives of essential workers. Such statements point to a gross disregard of the critical need for emergency worker protections and further endanger workers by distracting from the urgency of implementing new protocols to ensure worker safety.
Read MCN's position statement: Racist Rhetoric About Workers Must Stop; Emergency Protections Must Increase
Available in English or Spanish

Farmworker and Essential Worker FAQ

Farmworker and Essential Worker COVID-19 FAQ: English | Spanish
Learn MCN’s recommendations on farmworker health, outreach to farms, farmworker transportation and housing, and for growers.

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MCN Webinar | Work in the time of COVID-19: Protecting Vulnerable Workers and Their Families (English and Spanish)

Facebook Live or Pod Cast with MCN's Dr. Laszlo Maderas, Chief Medical Officer and Amy K. Liebman, MPA, Director of Enviornemntal and Occupational Health

National Council for Occupational Safety and Health COVID-19 Resoruces for Workers

COVID-19 Infection Prevention for Agricultural Employers and Employees in English and Spanish from the Upper Midwest Agricultural Safety and Health Center

COVID-19 Checklist for Growers English and Spanish

NIEHS Worker Training Program COVID-19 Resources in English and Spanish

Kaethe Weingarten, PhD, is the founder and director of The Witnessing Project, a

nonprofit organization that consults to individuals, families, and communities locally, nationally, and internationally to transform passive witnessing of violence and violation into effective action. She was an Associate Clinical Professor of Psychology for the Harvard Medical School Department of Psychiatry from 1981-2017 and a faculty member of the Family Institute of Cambridge where she founded and directed the Program in Families, Trauma and Resilience. She directs the American Family Therapy Academy’s (AFTA) Witness to Witness Program, a project pairing AFTA members with providers overexposed to stories of trauma. (Kaethe is pronounced Kay-tah.)

CDC Guidance for Employers and Businesses

A construction worker wearing protective equipment

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Interim Guidance for Businesses and Employers Responding to Coronavirus Disease, May 2020 - English and Spanish

Kaethe Weingarten, PhD, is the founder and director of The Witnessing Project, a

Low-Literacy and Multilingual Resources

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A selection of resources to hand out to patients, including photo and image options to use on social media and/or text message.

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CDC COVID-19 Materials: The printable materials are offered in various languages and with infographics.
PAHO/WHO Communication Materials: These infographics and social media cards are simple and bright. The order in which the recommendations are presented is great.
COVID-19 Materiales de Mexico: Resources the Mexican government.
Hesperian’s new fact sheets (as part of their excellent HealthWiki) in English, Spanish, and French can be utilized with patients. Fact sheets in Bahasa Indonesia, Bangla, Filipino, Haitian Kreyol, Hindi, and Vietnamese are forthcoming.
CIELO has compiled excellent resources and videos in indigenous languages.
Harvard's COVID-19 Fact Sheets come in 36 languages.
The American Public Health Association’s Get Ready page has patient-facing fact sheets in English, Spanish, and other languages.