Posted on Jan 2, 2022
'Unbearable': Hundreds of local health officials have left their jobs amid pandemic politics
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Lee Norman, Kansas' top health official, was blunt in his public assessments of the coronavirus pandemic.
He delivered daily briefings with stark warnings about Covid-19 that often put him at odds with the state’s GOP-controlled legislature, which recently stripped Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly of her ability to impose statewide restrictions.
But last month, when legislators were poised to weaken Kelly’s emergency powers, Norman stepped down as head of the Department of Health and Environment. He later told the Kansas News Service that the governor, who appointed him to lead the agency, had asked him to resign.
He delivered daily briefings with stark warnings about Covid-19 that often put him at odds with the state’s GOP-controlled legislature, which recently stripped Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly of her ability to impose statewide restrictions.
But last month, when legislators were poised to weaken Kelly’s emergency powers, Norman stepped down as head of the Department of Health and Environment. He later told the Kansas News Service that the governor, who appointed him to lead the agency, had asked him to resign.
'Unbearable': Hundreds of local health officials have left their jobs amid pandemic politics
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You can't blame the Healthcare workers when the people refuse to take care of themselves.
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I'm all for a screening tent outside hospitals, vaccinated get in, unvaccinated get directions to the parking lot.
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SFC Casey O'Mally
Screw that whole Hippocratic Oath thing. They brought it on themselves.
I hope you feel the same way about anyone who eats bacon, smokes, drove without a seatbelt, gets an STD, etc.
I hope you feel the same way about anyone who eats bacon, smokes, drove without a seatbelt, gets an STD, etc.
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