Nursing home staff not showing up for work

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Can't say I blame them but what are your thoughts?

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Nearly 100 residents had to be removed from a nursing home facility in Southern California on Wednesday after a large portion of its staff stopped showing up for work.

Nursing home with 39 coronavirus cases evacuated after staff stops showing up

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Nursing home staff are overwhelmed and working under largely unsafe conditions on a normal day.. with the added stress of Covid; and with the likelihood that the CNAs and nurses are probably sick too.. it's no wonder there is nobody left to care for the residents.

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It will probably be a cold day in Hades before any of them get a healthcare job in that area. They probably will have trouble getting hired anywhere. Blacklisting can have effects that surpass the transgression.

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23 minutes ago, caliotter3 said:

It will probably be a cold day in Hades before any of them get a healthcare job in that area. They probably will have trouble getting hired anywhere. Blacklisting can have effects that surpass the transgression.

I think it's important to know a little more as to why 13 employees didn't show up. Some may have been showing symptoms themselves? The home was probably already dangerously understaffed to begin with.

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