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From prisoners to the homeless and people living with disabilities - these are some of the at-risk communities hidden from public view during the pandemic. Now the health workers working with them share their stories.

Covid was a little bit outside our realm because we were in a relatively protected environment. That whole barrier of being isolated was somewhat beneficial as long as the virus stayed out of there. There was always going to be an outbreak [though]; you can only build a net, it's never a wall, and eventually something will get through there. Now they were in a closed community where people live together, many who aren't vaccinated, so it didn't take long for the virus to spread.