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:
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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