Denied permission to work from home, Md. public health worker dies after COVID hits office
As a veteran public health worker, Chantee Mack knew the coronavirus could kill. She already faced health challenges and didn't want to take any chances during the pandemic. So she asked — twice — for permission to work from home. She was deemed essential and told no. Eight weeks later, she was dead. Mack, a 44-year-old disease intervention specialist, lost her life this spring after COVID-19 struck the Prince…