Trump administration sent U.S. workers to greet returning coronavirus victims without protective

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Marc Fisher
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Washington Post Senior Editor

Post Exclusive: Trump administration sent U.S. workers to greet returning coronavirus victims without protective gear -- and when HHS whistleblower told federal bosses about it, she was reassigned and threatened with sacking.

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[Iliyah]

1. The incompetence of this WH is . . . .

outrageous.

[Roland99]

2. More details...

Officials at the Department of Health and Human Services sent more than a dozen workers to receive the first Americans evacuated from Wuhan, China, the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak, without proper training for infection control or appropriate protective gear, according to a whistleblower complaint.

The workers did not show symptoms of infection and were not tested for the virus, according to lawyers for the whistleblower, who is a senior HHS official based in Washington who oversees workers at the Administration for Children and Families, a unit within HHS.

The whistleblower is seeking federal protection because she alleges she was unfairly and improperly reassigned after raising concerns about the safety of these workers to HHS officials, including those within the office of Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar. She was told Feb. 19 that if she does not accept the new position in 15 days, which is March 5, she would be terminated.

[Mike 03]

3. My god, does anybody remember how cautious the CDC people were under Obama

where there was even a rumor of the ebola virus, even a shred of a possibility? They came in hazmat suits and partitioned off entire buildings.