One month ago, Los Angeles was firing unvaccinated teachers. Now, healthcare workers who test positive DO NOT NEED TO ISOLATE AT ALL IF ASYMPTOMATIC

On December 8, 2021, the Los Angeles Times reported 500 teachers were fired for refusing to get vaccinated. . .

The L.A. school district reports about 500 employees have been fired for refusing to get a COVID vaccine https://t.co/i811gmxone

— Los Angeles Times (@latimes) December 9, 2021

. . .but today the Los Angeles Times is reporting that healthcare workers who test positive for Covid do not even need to isolate a single day as long or get tested as they’re asymptomatic:

Asymptomatic healthcare workers who have tested positive for the coronavirus can return to work immediately, without isolation or testing, under a policy change from California officials. https://t.co/Tn8NChxd9c

— Los Angeles Times (@latimes) January 12, 2022

It’s amazing how much the science changed in about a month:

But asymptomatic workers who were not positive were fired due to not taking a vaccination that is not preventing said infection in the first place. This makes _no_ sense. https://t.co/5h7YoF3Xl0

— Kyle Lamb (@kylamb8) January 12, 2022

This new guidance expires on February 1, again, because of science or something:

The policy, set to remain in place through Feb. 1, is designed to keep many healthcare workers on the job at a time when hospitals are expecting more patients. https://t.co/I5oDIpxAlS

— Los Angeles Times (@latimes) January 12, 2022

So, staffing shortages caused by firing uninfected employees can be fixed by allowing infected employees to work? EVERYTHING MAKES TOTAL SENSE:

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The California Department of Public Health said hospitals are reaching capacity, and the decision was driven in large part by staffing shortages making it difficult to provide essential care. https://t.co/K3PQ3SNUu2

— Los Angeles Times (@latimes) January 12, 2022

But they want the Covid+ healthcare workers to only work with the Covid+ patients as much as possible:

According to the guidelines, hospitals should exhaust all other options before resorting to the new policy, and workers who have tested positive should “preferably be assigned to work with COVID-19 positive patients.”

Full story from @whereishayley: https://t.co/Tn8NChxd9c pic.twitter.com/eyJju93R6V

— Los Angeles Times (@latimes) January 12, 2022

Amazing. Just, amazing.

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