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Rhode Island Defends Using COVID-Positive Staff Over Unvaccinated Health Care Workers
MSN ^ | 1/3/2021 | Jenni Fink

Posted on 01/03/2022 5:17:32 PM PST by nickcarraway

The Rhode Island Department of Health stands by the decision to allow COVID positive health care workers to return to their jobs instead of rehiring unvaccinated workers who were terminated because of their inoculation status.

Updated quarantine and isolation guidance from the Rhode Island Department of Health allows employees to continue working at hospitals and nursing homes without restrictions if the facility is so short-staffed it's a safety hazard for patients and residents. The updated guidance sparked some criticism after health care workers were placed on unpaid leave for not getting vaccinated, with critics questioning if lifting the mandate would be a better solution to staffing shortages.

Rhode Island Health Department spokesman Joseph Wendelken told The Providence Journal that unvaccinated health care workers are at a "greater individual risk" given the number of COVID-positive patients in facilities. Wendelken added that a vaccinated person who tests positive for COVID-19 has a lower viral load compared to an unvaccinated person who contracts COVID-19.

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TOPICS: Extended News; Government; News/Current Events; US: Rhode Island
KEYWORDS: covid19; healthcare; itsgotelectrolytes; rhodeisland; unvaccinated

1 posted on 01/03/2022 5:17:32 PM PST by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

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2 posted on 01/03/2022 5:18:56 PM PST by one guy in new jersey
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To: nickcarraway

This is so messed up ...


3 posted on 01/03/2022 5:21:21 PM PST by Fish Speaker (Quis custodiet ipsos custodes? Oh, and, "Let's Go Brandon!")
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To: one guy in new jersey

The arrogant, stupid runs deep in these sorry cuks.


4 posted on 01/03/2022 5:22:27 PM PST by Lion Den Dan
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To: nickcarraway

Sure they do , once an idiot always an idiot the arrogance is staggering


5 posted on 01/03/2022 5:22:45 PM PST by ronnie raygun
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To: nickcarraway

Contact racing an sue, especially if someone dies.


6 posted on 01/03/2022 5:24:56 PM PST by Reno89519 (FJB. Respect America, Embrace America, Buy American, Hire American.)
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To: nickcarraway

Yup. SIL nurse in Montréal has COVID, is working with patients.


7 posted on 01/03/2022 5:25:35 PM PST by ctdonath2 (Statistics don't matter when they happen to you.)
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To: nickcarraway

“Wendelken added that a vaccinated person who tests positive for COVID-19 has a lower viral load compared to an unvaccinated person who contracts COVID-19.”

Nearly all unvaccinated people do not have Covid, so their viral load is precisely zero. What this genius is really saying is that a disease-free unvaccinated person is somehow more infectious than a sick vaccinated one who is teeming with virus. Brilliant.


8 posted on 01/03/2022 5:25:46 PM PST by rightwingcrazy (;-,)
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To: nickcarraway
Wendelken added that a vaccinated person who tests positive for COVID-19 has a lower viral load compared to an unvaccinated person who contracts COVID-19.

I suppose he doesn't even try to keep up.

Or he is typically prog and wants to be vindictive to the non-submitters.

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9 posted on 01/03/2022 5:26:12 PM PST by TLI (ITINERIS IMPENDEO VALHALLA)
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To: Lion Den Dan

I lived in R. Island for about a Year. Providence. Couldn’t leave there fast enough!


10 posted on 01/03/2022 5:34:33 PM PST by caww ( )
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To: nickcarraway

They adopt policies designed to kill us all. For the Greater Good, I suppose.


11 posted on 01/03/2022 5:38:56 PM PST by ClearCase_guy (Mass hypnosis of society. So many people are blind to the Truth which is in front of them.)
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Wendelken added that a vaccinated person who tests positive for COVID-19 has a lower viral load compared to an unvaccinated person who contracts COVID-19.

Did he consult the bones to find this out?

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12 posted on 01/03/2022 5:42:59 PM PST by kiryandil (China Joe and Paycheck Hunter - the Chink in America's defenses)
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13 posted on 01/03/2022 5:59:41 PM PST by Travis McGee (EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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To: nickcarraway

Evil.

It’s just plain evil.


14 posted on 01/03/2022 6:04:14 PM PST by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith…)
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To: nickcarraway

A sure sign someone is in a mass formation psychosis.


15 posted on 01/03/2022 6:04:40 PM PST by Flick Lives
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“...unvaccinated health care workers are at a “greater individual risk”


But what about the risk to the patients?


16 posted on 01/03/2022 7:28:54 PM PST by hanamizu
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