As Americans go back to work, these are the 9 riskiest jobs to have in the middle of the pandemic
As states ease or end their coronavirus lockdowns — despite rising cases, predominantly across the South — some jobs are riskier than others.
Neither the federal government nor any individual states have released occupational data related to COVID-19 deaths. The only data available at this point has been provided by the UK government’s Office of National Statistics, which found that men in manual labor jobs with low pay were more likely to die from COVID-19. Security guards had the highest increased risk, as are medical professionals, factory workers, hairdressers, taxi drivers, restaurant and hospitality workers, and flight attendants.
“Jobs involving close proximity with others, and those where there is regular exposure to disease, have some of the highest rates of death from COVID-19,” said Ben Humberstone, a statistician on the report. “However, our findings do not prove conclusively that the observed rates of death involving COVID-19 are necessarily caused by differences in occupational exposure.”
Of the information available from the US National Center for Health Statistics, which is part of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, there are indications that the virus has disproportionately impacted workers in meatpacking plants, for example.