Things are fucked up in Trump Country; ND Gov amends order to let COVID-positive nurses stay on job

[hatrack]

In an attempt to alleviate some of the staffing concerns, Burgum announced that the state health officer has amended an order that will allow health care workers with asymptomatic cases of COVID-19 to continue working in hospitals' COVID-19 units. The Republican governor said hospital administrators asked the state to take the extraordinary step.

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In an attempt to alleviate some of the staffing concerns, Burgum announced that interim State Health Officer Dirk Wilke has amended an order that will allow health care workers with asymptomatic cases of COVID-19 to continue working in COVID-19 units at hospitals and nursing homes.

The move aligns with "crisis" guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Since only patients with COVID-19 could receive care from doctors and nurses with the virus, Burgum said he believes there will be little risk of more spread. He added that health care workers in COVID-19 units already wear protective gear to prevent them from contracting the virus. The Republican governor said health care providers asked the state to take the extraordinary step, adding that "apparently some (providers) had the ability to do this in other states."

Burgum spokesman Mike Nowatzki said he didn't have information on other states that have allowed nurses with COVID-19 to return to work and referred Forum News Service to the state Health Department and hospitals who asked for the measure.

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https://www.grandforksherald.com/newsmd/coronavirus/6753876-With-North-Dakota-hospitals-at-100-capacity-Burgum-announces-COVID-positive-nurses-can-stay-at-work

[Eliot Rosewater]

1. Right out of a science fiction movie, that so many of the nurses and docs are also infected

that the infected treat the infected.

And 70 million of you assholes (I know some of you are lurking) wanted this to CONTINUE

That makes you murderers.

[Iliyah]

3. Horror movie ...

Infected nurses taking care of infected people, who could go wrong.

[exboyfil]

2. My wife's aunts and uncles

that live in North Dakota have been riding my mother in law about voting for the baby killer Biden. Iowa is getting to be a conservative hellhole, but it is nothing compared to North Dakota.

[Hortensis]

4. OMG. That's right out of a dystopian pandemic novel. Poor people. nt

[Wellstone ruled]

5. We are seeing a true

in real time,horror story happening in NoDak. As someone mentioned,Science Fiction Story. Steven King could not make this up,all we need is the "Decontamination Squad" circling in Has-Mat suits with shoot to kill orders. Plus Helicopters circling above.

[Cousin Dupree]

6. This is not appropriate in any way. Nurses and other healthcare workers are very devoted to

their patients and their jobs. This is manipulation of people who have a very difficult time saying no when it comes to their patients. I strongly object to this practice. And PS: if our president had developed a program to deal with medical staff shortages across the country, this manipulation would not be necessary and medical workers would be able to do what others do when they’re Covid positive.