If you end up in a hospital in Greater Victoria, would you want to be cared for by a worker who is infected with COVID-19?
I know I wouldn’t want that.
I’d rather that worker be resting at home until we were all sure they weren’t contagious.
And yet the bosses at Island Health are giving guidance to their workers that runs counter to what most people would expect amid COVID-19 which - despite what people want to believe - is still killing people and having serious health impacts.
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