Just keep your eye on the ball: week over week deaths.
Posted on 03/28/2020 2:43:54 PM PDT by NoLibZone
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Social workers at a New York City hospital battling the coronavirus outbreak say the hospital dragged its feet at taking precautions to protect staff there from getting infected.
“Last week they wouldn’t let us wear masks and told us [the coronavirus] wasn’t spread on surfaces or clothes,” one of those social workers at NYU Langone Health told CNBC.
New York City is the epicenter of the COVID-19 outbreak in the United States.
Social workers at a New York City hospital battling the coronavirus outbreak say the hospital dragged its feet at taking precautions to protect them from getting infected or from possibly spreading COVID-19 to patients.
Among the biggest complaints by social workers at NYU Langone Health in Manhattan was the insistence by management that they continue coming into work instead of having them do their jobs remotely.
The workers also complained about a lack of personal protective equipment, unsafe practices for clocking into shifts and lack of adequate work space to avoid coming into close contact with colleagues.
“Last week they wouldn’t let us wear masks and told us [the coronavirus] wasn’t spread on surfaces or clothes,” one of those social workers at NYU Langone told CNBC.
Only on March 20 did they allow social workers to wear surgical masks, which prevent the social workers from spreading any infection they might have but do not protect the wearer from catching the virus, as N95 masks are designed to do.
“They gave us one mask,” another social worker said. “One mask that protects the patients from what we could potentially expose them to.”
“These masks do not protect us,” the staffer said.
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Cuomo and deblasios fault
‘“Last week they wouldn’t let us wear masks and told us [the coronavirus] wasn’t spread on surfaces or clothes,” one of those social workers at NYU Langone Health told CNBC.’
Man, some people running hospitals (presumable doctors) completely lack common sense.
It’s not a Cuomo thing. I’ve heard the same in Florida. Hospitals are afraid of running out of masks, telling some employees not to wear masks and are even telling them not to bring their own.
If if the crisis doesn’t last until October, it will have been at least partly wasted.
“...Social workers at a New York City hospital battling the coronavirus outbreak...”
Excuse me...
What business do these social workers have at this NYC
hospital?
Are they essential to spreading the virus?
Yeah, well, let them join the club. The hospitals not running out of PPE in the early stages of the pandemic are few and far between.
Just keep your eye on the ball: week over week deaths.
My guess would be making sure they are signed up for Medicaid.
And yeah, they ought to have been able to do that remotely.
NYU is one of the largest prime Manhattan property owners and one of the most expensive colleges in the country. They basically told their students they wouldn’t refund them on unused room and board fees this spring and they have a wacko dean who in response to their queries about this sent out a bizarre, AOC-style video of her dancing.
What is the hold up getting these people the protection they need?!
DUH!! Run by INCOMPETENT DEMOCRATS!
“What is the hold up getting these people the protection they need?!”
Stockpiling PPE costs money, which lowers profits, stock prices, and bonuses, which in turn causes administrator’s houses to get smaller, vacations to get shorter, and cars to be less nice.
These NEWS agencies (as if) should follow my grandmother’s advice.
If you’ve got nothing good to say, shut up.
Sometimes people and businesses get off on the wrong foot.
Who knew?
“Not to bring their own”. Can confirm. It’s like that in the people’s republic of madistan
Was wondering if you might know the conditions at St.Mary’s (SSM Health) in Madison? Or the Dean SSM clinic on the west side.
thanks
They are not allowing staff to bring in their own PPE. Masks gloves etc.
yep...sounds like it to me
CNBC?
I am beyond words....Shocked...Stunned are not big enough words.
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