Ensuring health safety for sign language interpreters during COVID-19

Sign language interpreters working in the front lines during the coronavirus pandemic face safety risks. Interpreters are working in emergency health care settings or at the news briefings and press conferences. Some interpreters have been creatively inventing see through masks. But how do the interpreters take care of themselves, not only getting sick, but also their mental well-being? Interpreting live broadcasts with millions of viewers, being in the limelight, and being critiqued on social media. How do you keep safe and healthy while working as a sign language interpreter?

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