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Posted on: February 27, 2020 at 17:15:05 CT
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https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2020/02/27/us-workers-without-protective-gear-assisted-coronavirus-evacuees-hhs-whistleblower-says/

Officials at the Department of Health and Human Services sent more than a dozen workers to receive the first Americans evacuated from Wuhan, China, the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak, without proper training for infection control or appropriate protective gear, according to a whistleblower complaint.

The workers did not show symptoms of infection and were not tested for the virus, according to lawyers for the whistleblower, a senior HHS official based in Washington who oversees workers at the Administration for Children and Families, a unit within HHS.

The whistleblower is seeking federal protection, alleging she was unfairly and improperly reassigned after raising concerns about the safety of these workers to HHS officials, including those within the office of Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar. She was told Feb. 19 that if she does not accept the new position in 15 days, which is March 5, she would be terminated.

The complaint alleges HHS staff were “improperly deployed” and were “not properly trained or equipped to operate in a public health emergency situation.” The complaint also alleges the workers were potentially exposed to coronavirus because appropriate steps were not taken to protect them and staffers were not trained in wearing personal protective equipment, even though they had face-to-face contact with returning passengers. The workers were in contact with passengers in an airplane hangar where evacuees were received and on two other occasions: when they helped distribute keys for room assignments and hand out colored ribbons for identification purposes.
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Another whistleblower... - MrBlueSky MU - 2/27 17:15:05
     No surprise. Trump only cares about Mar-a-lago - Floyd Turbo 99 - 2/27 20:13:18
     Doesn’t sound like a great idea(nm) - Sal MU - 2/27 19:16:39
     sounds like she is incompetent - Ragnar Danneskjold MU - 2/27 18:06:09
     they not smart(nm) - TigerFan92 MU - 2/27 18:01:53
     shame on BO for not training those folks(nm) - tigerinhogtown STL - 2/27 17:19:46
          If they aren't trained for even the very first stages of a - JeffB MU - 2/27 17:35:48




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