WATCH: 4 tips to protect essential workers and their families during COVID-19

For those who must work outside their home during the coronavirus pandemic, public health expert Dr. Leana Wen said to “try your best to reduce the total amount of risk that you have.” She relayed to PBS NewsHour Correspondent John Yang advice to protect those workers and their families, advising to “try your best to reduce the total amount of risk that you" are exposed to. Wen answered viewer questions on May 1 about what the U.S. has learned from this coronavirus outbreak, and past pandemics.

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