Perspectives on the Pandemic, The ( Undercover) Epicenter Nurse, Episode Nine

Erin Marie Olszewski is a Nurseturnedinvestigative journalist, who has spent the last few months on the frontlines of the coronavirus pandemic, on the inside in two radically different settings. Two hospitals. One private, the other public. Onein Florida, the other in New York. And not just any New York public hospital, but the epicenter of the epicenter itself, the infamous Elmhurst in Donald Trump s Queens. As a result of these diametrically opposed experiences, she has the ultimate perspective on the pandemic. She has been where there have been themostdeaths attributed to Covid19 and where there have been theleast. Erin enlisted in the Army when she was 17. She deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2003. Part of her duties involved overseeing aid disbursement and improvements to hospital facilities. While in country she received the Army Commendation Medal for meritorious service, and was wounded in combat. Erin eventually retired as a sergeant, and became a civilian nurse in 2012.