The Health Report: Bus Drivers and Covid Impact

WUGA | By Lauren Baggett

Published October 8, 2021 at 2:33 PM EDT

This week on the Georgia Health Report, host Lauren Baggett and Andy Miller of Georgia Health News discuss an alarming trend in COVID cases, and even deaths, among school bus workers in Georgia and nationwide, pushing some drivers to quit.

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