Nebraska Child Welfare Workers Walloped by COVID as Political Appointees Fail
A Seeing Red Nebraska reader has informed us that today begins the third week that the entire Lincoln office of child welfare workers serving the southeast part of the state has been shut down. This reader reports that 20% of the 100 workers have tested positive for covid. (The Department declined to comment further but said most employees are working from home.)
It’s no surprise covid has spread rapidly there, as Governor Pete Ricketts exempted state offices from the Lincoln mask mandate.
These child welfare workers serve the most vulnerable people in the region, and Ricketts turned their office into a covid petri dish to spread the disease in our most vulnerable communities.
Jason Jackson, the acting director of the Nebraska Department of Personnel, recently reminded child welfare workers that neither they nor their clients are required to wear masks.
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