Remember how Australia mandated Australians out of their jobs for refusing to be vaccinated, claiming that it was for everyone’s health and safety?
I’ve written about this a few times, not only because I lost my job due to these mandates, but also because these mandates have created a huge number of job shortages in critical industries, with universities lowering the requirements to get qualified for these roles, replacing skilled workers with unskilled students.
That alone is a scary thought, knowing that the person potentially saving your life is fresh out of school with no experience.
But what is even scarier is that in NSW that person could be infected with Covid.
You see, NSW has invited fully vaccinated Covid-Positive nurses to work in hospitals. This drastic decision has been made due to the worker shortages in this industry. This information has been tipped off by active nurses who have found themselves working alongside Covid Positive co-workers that are supposed to be in isolation. NSW has about 2500 covid positive workers that are currently in “Isolation”.
It’s being reported that in some hospitals these covid positive staff members are restricted to working in the covid wards, but some nurses have reported treating non-covid patients and interacting with Covid Negative staff.
“God help any non-Covid patient in a hospital right now. They are sitting ducks,”
One nurse told Guardian Australia.
“It’s like everyone has given up. I’m absolutely devastated. It’s a circus … positive nurses working with healthy staff and non-Covid patients.”
Now, the Government claims that this is not the case and that covid+ workers should be isolated, but it’s the hospital managers that are struggling with what to do. having numbers of their experienced staff locked out due to these mandates, and their current staff falling ill to Covid and being forced into isolation, short of closing their hospitals there is nothing else they can do…
I personally can think of one solution: Bring back the unvaccinated workers and end these absolutely stupid job mandates.
But hey, there is a bright side to all of this- at least the Unvaccinated nurses are at home, safe from their Covid Positive vaccinated coworkers.
Sources:
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/jan/03/covid-positive-nurses-are-working-in-nsw-hospitals-due-to-severe-staffing-shortages
https://www.rebelnews.com/nurses_with_covid_called_into_work_due_to_staff_shortages
The stupid, it burns. Vaccinated doesn't mean covid negative which makes vax passports absurd. And being covid positive since Oh c'mon means you have the sniffles. But as long as the covidians continue to be glued to the square in their lounge room we can make little head way. It's all "the sky is falling, run for your life!" So over it.