El Paso County officials plead for more morgue workers as coronavirus fatalities climb

[TexasTowelie]

by Julián Aguilar, Texas Tribune


EL PASO — El Paso County officials sent out a plea Thursday evening for applicants to work at the county medical examiner’s office as the number of fatalities caused by COVID-19 here continues to rise.

“The Morgue Attendants will be provided maximum PPE [personal protective equipment], and will receive a COVID test prior to starting. All Morgue Attendants will be tasked with physically moving Decedents,” the notice reads. “Not only is this assignment physically taxing, but it may be emotionally taxing as well.”

The request comes as the county has resorted to using low-level offenders from the county jail to help transport the deceased. Their work will continue until there are enough new hires, County Judge Ricardo Samaniego said Thursday.

“Not everybody is going to be able to do that. We’ve had people there that have lasted an hour, 30 minutes, half a day,” he said. “So, it’s a difficult process.”

Read more: https://www.texastribune.org/2020/11/19/el-paso-coronavirus-workers/

[DBoon]

1. perhaps Jim Jordan should volunteer

After all, he does not believe in any government restrictions that would stem this plague:

Rep. Jim Jordan
@Jim_Jordan
Don’t lockdown the country.
Don’t impose curfews.
Don’t close schools.

Let Americans decide for themselves.

And celebrate Thanksgiving.

On edit - after the allies liberated the Nazi concentration camps, they forced the local townspeople to personally witness their horrors. Forcing republican covid deniers to handle the corpses of those who dies from this disease would be a fitting punishment. Abbott, Noes, and DeSantis should be first in line for this duty.

[keithbvadu2]

2. Trump the job creator. Something for him to brag about.