NC government workers take up inflated share of available tests (spokesman, Christmas)

[Starglow]

So I guess this means NC state government employees get first dibs on available testing supplies. Regular citizens have to fend for themselves.

https://www.wral.com/coronavirus/nc-...ests/20087141/

RALEIGH, N.C. — Government employees across North Carolina are taking an outsize share of Covid-19 tests at a time when supplies are limited and long lines are forming outside testing centers.

A mandate Gov. Roy Cooper issued last year calls for state employees to be tested weekly if they aren’t fully vaccinated. This has prompted more than 10,000 state cabinet-level workers to take up a disproportionate share of resources, according to data from the North Carolina Office of State Human Resources.

In many instances, state employees are paid to leave the office to get tested during their work hours under HR policies, causing scheduling disruptions. County and municipal governments implementing their own mandates are also exhausting public health supplies.

The 10,300 state workers tested weekly under Cooper’s directive represent less than 0.01% of North Carolina’s nearly 10.5 million residents. Even so, they took 1.4% of the more than 732,000 tests reported between Jan. 9 and Jan. 15, 1.7% of the 620,000 tests between Jan. 2 and Jan. 8 and 2.2% of the 467,000 tests reported the week after Christmas.


Local, county employees also tested
Municipal and county workers with vaccination or testing requirements are also highly represented, though some local governments are rethinking their programs after the U.S. Supreme Court recently ruled that businesses with at least 100 workers wouldn’t have to comply with a vaccine-or-test rule imposed by President Joe Biden’s administration.

The city of Charlotte planned to roll out a testing requirement for unvaccinated workers this month but decided not to carry it out after the court’s ruling. Cory Burkarth, a city spokesman, shared data showing 1,862 of the 7,720 city employees, or 24%, were unvaccinated, as of Dec. 1. Police and fire department personnel represent most of those unvaccinated workers.

[FordBronco1967]

You can thank Coop the Goob for that!

How many tests are wasted by people that show no symptoms but are required to be tested for their jobs? I bet it's a lot.

Honestly, Governor Cooper hasn't been that bad (though, I never voted for him). He hasn't done much, being that the State Legislature is Republican controlled (thank God).

[Quick Enough]

Originally Posted by Starglow

So I guess this means NC state government employees get first dibs on available testing supplies. Regular citizens have to fend for themselves.

https://www.wral.com/coronavirus/nc-...ests/20087141/

RALEIGH, N.C. — Government employees across North Carolina are taking an outsize share of Covid-19 tests at a time when supplies are limited and long lines are forming outside testing centers.

A mandate Gov. Roy Cooper issued last year calls for state employees to be tested weekly if they aren’t fully vaccinated. This has prompted more than 10,000 state cabinet-level workers to take up a disproportionate share of resources, according to data from the North Carolina Office of State Human Resources.

In many instances, state employees are paid to leave the office to get tested during their work hours under HR policies, causing scheduling disruptions. County and municipal governments implementing their own mandates are also exhausting public health supplies.

The 10,300 state workers tested weekly under Cooper’s directive represent less than 0.01% of North Carolina’s nearly 10.5 million residents. Even so, they took 1.4% of the more than 732,000 tests reported between Jan. 9 and Jan. 15, 1.7% of the 620,000 tests between Jan. 2 and Jan. 8 and 2.2% of the 467,000 tests reported the week after Christmas.


Local, county employees also tested
Municipal and county workers with vaccination or testing requirements are also highly represented, though some local governments are rethinking their programs after the U.S. Supreme Court recently ruled that businesses with at least 100 workers wouldn’t have to comply with a vaccine-or-test rule imposed by President Joe Biden’s administration.

The city of Charlotte planned to roll out a testing requirement for unvaccinated workers this month but decided not to carry it out after the court’s ruling. Cory Burkarth, a city spokesman, shared data showing 1,862 of the 7,720 city employees, or 24%, were unvaccinated, as of Dec. 1. Police and fire department personnel represent most of those unvaccinated workers.

Government employees ARE needed to run the gov't. ans "serve" the people.

You would be the FIRST to whine and complain if you had some business with the NC government if YOU were trying to do something and it was held up by a LACK of workers!

[Quick Enough]

Originally Posted by FordBronco1967

You can thank Coop the Goob for that!

How many tests are wasted by people that show no symptoms but are required to be tested for their jobs? I bet it's a lot.

Honestly, Governor Cooper hasn't been that bad (though, I never voted for him). He hasn't done much, being that the State Legislature is Republican controlled (thank God).

"You can thank Coop the Goob for that!"


That's about your level!