HHS whistleblower: US workers without protective gear assisted coronavirus evacuees

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WASHINGTON — 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, who is a senior HHS official based in Washington who oversees workers at the Administration for Children and Families, a unit within HHS.

https://www.stripes.com/news/us/hhs-...cuees-1.620595

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WASHINGTON — 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, who is a senior HHS official based in Washington who oversees workers at the Administration for Children and Families, a unit within HHS.

https://www.stripes.com/news/us/hhs-...cuees-1.620595

The medical workers weren't and neither were the TRANSPORTERS. DID FED EMPLOYEES MEET THEM and if so were they protected?

Good plan, their geniuses.

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The medical workers weren't and neither were the TRANSPORTERS. DID FED EMPLOYEES MEET THEM and if so were they protected?

Good plan, their geniuses.

Read the article. The whistleblower says they weren't.

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Trump admin sent workers without protective gear to assist coronavirus evacuees

“The whistleblower is seeking federal protection because she alleges she was unfairly and improperly reassigned after raising concerns about the safety of these workers,” according to The Washington Post.

https://www.rawstory.com/2020/02/tru...whistleblower/

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The medical workers weren't and neither were the TRANSPORTERS. DID FED EMPLOYEES MEET THEM and if so were they protected?

Good plan, their geniuses.

Whistleblower Accuses Trump of 'Corrupt' Effort to 'Cover Up' Possible Exposure of Federal Workers to Coronavirus
"The utter ineptitude of this administration is infuriating. They are going to get people killed."

The senior HHS official, according to the New York Times and other outlets, has shared their account with Congress and is preparing to file a formal complaint with Office of the Special Counsel accusing the Trump administration of improperly reassigning them as punishment for raising concerns about the handling of the virus.

The whistleblower wrote in the complaint that they "began to field panicked calls from my leadership team and deployed staff members expressing concerns with the lack of HHS communication and coordination, staff being sent into quarantined areas without personal protective equipment, training or experience in managing public health emergencies, safety protocols, and the potential danger to both themselves and members of the public they come into contact with."

Federal health officials who interacted with possibly infected individuals were permitted to move freely on and off the military bases, according to the whistleblower, with one worker staying at a nearby hotel and departing from their assignment on a commercial flight. The person said federal officials who raised concerns about the administration's handling of the coronavirus and failure to provide necessary protections for staffers were treated as a "nuisance."

https://www.commondreams.org/news/20...ederal-workers