mhc-ask t1_j0iqtn8 wrote on December 16, 2022 at 11:07 PM

Reply to comment by EcstaticRaisin959 in Chinese doctors and nurses reportedly told to work while infected as Covid surges by Neo2199

I doubt they were paying much at all. They will fight tooth and nail to make you prove beyond a reasonable doubt that you got COVID from work and not from the general public. More likely they are running out of warm bodies to keep the hospital running and want people to keep working even if they're positive.

EcstaticRaisin959 t1_j0iro69 wrote on December 16, 2022 at 11:13 PM

And you would be wrong, WA passed a law early in 2020 that said front line and healthcare workers were presumed to have caught covid at work unless there was a preponderance of evidence against it, the state has been allowing claims any time a healthcare worker was directed to quarantine by their employer. Hence said employer not wanting to direct workers to quarantine anymore.

Edit: WA is a very worker friendly jurisdiction and I'm certain that other states have made things hell for sick healthcare workers

mhc-ask t1_j0ix546 wrote on December 16, 2022 at 11:55 PM

That's actually really good to hear. This was not the case when I was in Virginia.