20 professions with the highest risk of coronavirus infection

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends social distance as the most effective way to protect yourself from coronavirus infection, but this is not possible for some workers. Many professionals require personal contact in order to perform work duties, which puts these people at high risk of contracting coronavirus and other infections, writes GOBankingRates.

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In general, healthcare workers are at greatest risk - they have face-to-face contact every working day and often encounter people with coronavirus. Those who provide care to the elderly are especially at risk as they work with populations most vulnerable to COVID-19. But it's not just healthcare workers who are at risk every day. Before schools closed, teachers worked face-to-face with students, and service workers, including cashiers and fast food workers, also regularly exposed themselves to potential infections.

The project used data based on three factors: (1) the extent to which the job requires contact with other people; (2) the extent to which the job requires performing tasks in close proximity to people; and (3) how often the job requires exposure to hazardous conditions. Risk scores ranged from 0 to 100, with 100 being the highest risk.

Obviously, some jobs pose more risk than others. Here are the 20 most dangerous professions, whose representatives are most often at risk of contracting coronavirus. The list also includes teachers, pharmacists, kindergarten teachers, penitentiary system workers, cosmetologists, hairdressers, firefighters and more - a complete list here.

20. Flight attendants

• Risk score: 75,6
• Average income: $ 56 000
• US Employees: 118
• Status during a pandemic: the US government considers it a significant activity.

19. Rehabilitologists

• Risk score: 77,7
• Average income: $ 84 270
• US Employees: 126
• Status during a pandemic: the US government considers it a significant activity.

18. Physiotherapists

• Risk score: 78,6
• Average income: $ 87 930
• US Employees: 228
• Status during a pandemic: the US government considers it a significant activity.

17. Physiotherapist assistants

• Risk score: 79,3
• Average income: $ 58 040
• US Employees: 94
• Status during a pandemic: the US government considers it a significant activity.

16. Paramedics and laboratory assistants of the cardiovascular pathology departments

• Risk score: 79,3
• Average income: $ 56 850
• US Employees: 56
• Status during a pandemic: the US government considers it a significant activity.

15. Interns of general practice

• Risk score: 79,8
• Average income: $ 194 500
• US Employees: 37
• Status during a pandemic: the US government considers it a significant activity.

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14. Assistants to general practitioners

• Risk score: 80,0
• Average income: $ 108 610
• US Employees: 114
• Status during a pandemic: the US government considers it a significant activity.

13. Physiotherapist assistants

• Risk score: 80,3
• Average income: $ 26 240
• US Employees: 47
• Status during a pandemic: the US government considers it a significant activity.

12. Specialists in Ultrasound Ultrasound

• Risk score: 80,4
• Average income: $ 72 510
• US Employees: 71
• Status during a pandemic: the US government considers it a significant activity.

11. Paramedics of surgical departments

• Risk score: 80,6
• Average income: $ 47 300
• US Employees: 110
• Status during a pandemic: the US government considers it a significant activity.

10. Licensed carers and nursing sisters

• Risk score: 82,1
• Average income: $ 46 240
• US Employees: 701
• Status during a pandemic: the US government considers it a significant activity.

9. Laboratory assistants of radiological departments

• Risk score: 84,1
• Average income: $ 59 520
• US Employees: 205
• Status during a pandemic: the US government considers it a significant activity.

8. Pulmonologists

• Risk score: 84,2
• Average income: $ 60 280
• US Employees: 129
• Status during a pandemic: the US government considers it a significant activity.

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7. Certified Nurses

• Risk score: 86,1
• Average income: $ 71 730
• US Employees: 2
• Status during a pandemic: the US government considers it a significant activity.

6. General practitioners and family doctors

• Risk score: 90,1
• Average income: $ 201 100
• US Employees: 114
• Status during a pandemic: the US government considers it a significant activity.

5. Nurses (care assistants)

• Risk score: 90,2
• Average income: $ 28 060
• US Employees: 50
• Status during a pandemic: the US government considers it a significant activity.

4. General practitioners

• Risk score: 92,1
• Average income: $ 151 850
• US Employees: 113
• Status during a pandemic: the US government considers it a significant activity.

3. Dental assistants

• Risk score: 92,5
• Average income: $ 38 660
• US Employees: 341
• Status during a pandemic: the US government considers it a significant activity.

2. Laboratory assistants of pulmonology departments

• Risk score: 95,0
• Average income: $ 60 280
• US Employees: 129
• Status during a pandemic: the US government considers it a significant activity.

1. Dental Hygienists

• Risk score: 99,7
• Average income: $ 74 820
• US Employees: 215
• Status during a pandemic: the US government considers it a significant activity.

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