Island County nurses quit over concerns about COVID response

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

The state is temporarily handling COVID-19 case investigations and contact tracing in Island County after the majority of the county’s public health nurses quit and on-call staff is being trained on a state software program.

In addition, the county’s community and family health director also quit, and the health officer isn’t renewing his contract, which expires at the end of the year. In emails and reports obtained by the Whidbey News-Times, they both cited poor communication and other concerns regarding county Public Health, alleging the problems are so bad that they put their licenses at risk.

Coupeville resident Larry Behrendt, president of Indivisible Whidbey, has been asking questions about contact tracing for the past six months and was repeatedly assured all was well. He was alarmed by the latest news.

“It’s like we are fighting a war,” he said, “and most of our troops have left.”

https://www.heraldnet.com/news/island-county-nurses-quit-over-concerns-about-covid-response/

[dutch777]

1. Sad and scary but not surprising. I am surprised there is not more of this.

And glad there isn't. The front line ICU and ER nurses and docs must be feeling similar. And I think a lot of it is people aren't cooperating in masking and sharing location data and so on and must frustrate the hell out of folks that have to stare this monster in the face day in and day out and put their own health at risk.