Evan Hurley, a 9-year veteran with Kirkland Fire and a union trustee, said a firefighter relayed this story: On Friday, February 28, the firefighter arrived at Life Care, walked in, and saw a charge nurse in just her scrubs. No mask, no protective gown.
“Hey, you guys are supposed to be in self-quarantine,” the firefighter said.
“No, we’re not,” the nurse replied.
“Well, our chain of command talked to your management, and they say something different.”
The nurse insisted; she hadn’t heard anything, she said.
The firefighter looked down the hall and saw two caregivers in scrubs -- no mask or gown.
“What the hell?” the firefighter thought. “Who is not telling you that you have two suspected coronavirus cases?”
Later the nurse and firefighters would learn that it was more than just two suspected cases: Two people from Life Care had died the week before from coronavirus. Eight more who had spent time at Life Care would die in the following week.
https://www.kuow.org/stories/the-days-leading-up-to-the-outbreak-at-life-care-center-in-kirkland
Tin foil on. Is this RESIST management trying to make it as bad as possible? Or is this incompetency?
They did tests after they had died when they suspected Covid-19. I would claim incompetency - displayed by their lack of good PPE even after knowing it was Covid-19.
They noticed the large increase in calls due to respiratory distress but didn't change any protocols or tell anyone. Even though the corona virus in China had been in the news for a couple of weeks!