Senator Wyden claimed that 'the general public was also put at risk since your employees were then immediately returned to their communities and jobs at the Department post-deployment, by commercial air flights with no precautions' in a letter to HHS head Alexander Azar Friday.
Senior Oregon Senator Ron Wyden said the"general public" had been"put at risk" by the Department of Health and Human Services' handling of quarantined coronavirus patients in a Friday letter to HHS Secretary Alexander Azar.
After voicing concerns to superiors, the whistleblower was allegedly given a new assignment with the caveat that she would be released from her position with HHS if she chose not to accept the offer. The whistleblower is attempting to gain federal protection, according toreached out to HHS for comment but did not receive a response in time for publication.
"Such mismanagement on the part of HHS placed these human services staff at risk," Wyden wrote."Not only that, but the general public was also put at risk since your employees were then immediately returned to their communities and jobs at the Department post-deployment, by commercial air flights with no precautions."
Wyden clarified in his letter that"retaliation against a Federal employee who is a whistleblower is a prohibited personnel practice."
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