There are two things that came out of the Illinois Senate Veterans Affairs Committee hearing yesterday that stand out for Sen. Sue Rezin. She says it’s alarming and unacceptable that staff who tested positive for the virus were allowed to keep working. And she’s concerned about the Illinois Department of Public Health not visiting the home for 11 days after the outbreak started.
Testimony at the hearing didn’t get much into why the IDPH wasn’t there sooner. But IDPH consultant Dr. Avery Hart said a few employees working in the coronavirus wing finished their shifts after being told they tested positive, because no one else was available to cover them immediately. Hart said the residents were already infected and would have been left without anyone to care for them had the employees left right away.