Video: The Healthy Nurse Who Died at 40 on the Covid Front Lines: 'She Was the Best Mom I Ever Had'

Yolanda Coar was 40 when she died of Covid-19 in August 2020 in Augusta, Georgia. She was also a nurse manager, and one of nearly 3,000 front-line workers who have died in the U.S. fighting this virus, according to an exclusive investigation by The Guardian and KHN.

Read more of the health workers’ stories behind the statistics — their personalities, passions and quirks. “Lost on the Frontline” examines: Did they have to die?

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<h1>Video: The Healthy Nurse Who Died at 40 on the Covid Front Lines: ‘She Was the Best Mom I Ever Had’</h1>
<div>	<span class="byline">The Staffs of KFF Health News and The Guardian</span>
		<time class="posted-on" datetime="2020-12-31T16:55:31-05:00">
			December 31, 2020		</time>
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<p>Yolanda Coar was 40 when she died of Covid-19 in August 2020 in Augusta, Georgia. She was also a nurse manager, and one of nearly 3,000 front-line workers who have died in the U.S. fighting this virus, according to an exclusive investigation by The Guardian and KHN.</p><p><em><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2020/aug/11/lost-on-the-frontline-covid-19-coronavirus-us-healthcare-workers-deaths-database">Read more of the health workers’ stories</a> behind the statistics — their personalities, passions and quirks. “Lost on the Frontline” examines: Did they have to die?</em></p><ul><li><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/video-the-healthy-nurse-who-died-at-40-on-the-covid-frontline-she-was-the-best-mom-i-ever-had/?share=x">				Click to share on X (Opens in new window)				X			</a></li><li><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/video-the-healthy-nurse-who-died-at-40-on-the-covid-frontline-she-was-the-best-mom-i-ever-had/?share=facebook">				Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)				Facebook			</a></li><li><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/video-the-healthy-nurse-who-died-at-40-on-the-covid-frontline-she-was-the-best-mom-i-ever-had/?share=linkedin">				Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)				LinkedIn			</a></li><li><a href="mailto:?subject=%5BShared%20Post%5D%20Video%3A%20The%20Healthy%20Nurse%20Who%20Died%20at%2040%20on%20the%20Covid%20Front%20Lines%3A%20%27She%20Was%20the%20Best%20Mom%20I%20Ever%20Had%27&body=https%3A%2F%2Fkffhealthnews.org%2FMTIzNTE2Nw&share=email">				Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)				Email			</a></li><li><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/video-the-healthy-nurse-who-died-at-40-on-the-covid-frontline-she-was-the-best-mom-i-ever-had/#print?share=print">				Click to print (Opens in new window)				Print			</a></li><li>				<a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/video-the-healthy-nurse-who-died-at-40-on-the-covid-frontline-she-was-the-best-mom-i-ever-had/view/republish/">					Republish This Story				</a>			</li></ul><em><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/about-us">KFF Health News</a> is a national newsroom that produces in-depth journalism about health issues and is one of the core operating programs at KFF—an independent source of health policy research, polling, and journalism. Learn more about <a href="https://www.kff.org/about-us">KFF</a>.</em><p><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/morning-briefing/">Subscribe</a> to KFF Health News' free Morning Briefing.</p><p>This <a target="_blank" href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/video-the-healthy-nurse-who-died-at-40-on-the-covid-frontline-she-was-the-best-mom-i-ever-had/">article</a> first appeared on <a target="_blank" href="https://kffhealthnews.org">KFF Health News</a> and is republished here under a Creative Commons license.<img src="https://kffhealthnews.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/04/kffhealthnews-icon.png?w=150" style="width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;"><img id="republication-tracker-tool-source" src="https://kffhealthnews.org/?republication-pixel=true&post=1235167&amp;ga4=G-J74WWTKFM0" style="width:1px;height:1px;"></p>

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