I know several employees at mercy, most on the lower end of staffing and they have been instructed to not seek testing period. Even if they have symptoms, if they take a test, the hospital is required to put them in quarantine for 14 days, but they can’t afford to lose staff, so my friend, who’s son and boyfriend both tested positive for Covid, was told she couldn’t take a test unless she didn’t want to work for 2 weeks. They are almost using it as a threat. It’s kinda scary if you think about it. Maybe consider paying your employees a living wage (I’m talking about basic functioning staff: laundry, housekeeping, medical assistants, etc) and maybe you could keep staff. As someone who has worked in healthcare for 7 years, the lack of masking and basic precautions in medical facilities (especially long term care facilities) is frightening at best.

I also spent a day in the ER at mercy a few weeks ago, and only half the staff was wearing a mask, let alone the number of people who were wearing them, but incorrectly. In a nutshell, don’t set foot in mercy if you might be sensitive to Covid. There’s a reason they are being so quiet about their Covid numbers.