'You almost can't make up a more heinous story than this.'
Citing internal communications, thelate Wednesday that the airline's new policy"provides five days of paid leave for workers who test positive for the coronavirus to isolate" and"encourages, but does not require, a Covid test to go back to work, going a step further than the CDC guidance, which does not include a recommendation for additional testing."
Imposed after a spate of flight cancellations caused in part by sick crews, Delta's policy change vindicated earlier warnings that corporate America would readily exploit the CDC's less strict guidelines to force employees back to work before it's safe, potentially putting their health and that of others at risk.sarcastically late Wednesday."Delta has its protocol out. Doesn't even meet CDC's abysmal guidance. And immediately cuts sick leave pay.
Facing criticism from worker advocates and outside public health experts, CDC officials have insisted that the new guidance is based on a growing body of evidence showing that people with Covid-19 are most infectious one to two days before the onset of symptoms and two to three days after.a brief detailing the underlying science, fueling suspicions that the updated guidelines are motivated primarily by economic concerns rather than public health.
"We're looking forward, as I think everyone feels is appropriate, that, ultimately, when we're going to have to quote 'live' with something that will not be eradicated and very likely would not be eliminated, but can actually be at such a lower level of control—namely a control that does not disrupt society, does not disrupt the economy," Fauci said during aFederal officials' ongoing efforts to defend the CDC's policy update have thus far failed to satisfy...
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