Kaiser Threatened to Fire Nurses for Wearing Their Own Masks

March 23, 2020 - Oakland, California, United States: Valeria Vital, an ER tech, stands holding a sign during a protest by medical professionals working for Kaiser Permanente in Oakland and their supporters. The medical care professionals hoped to emphasize their need for better personal protective equipment (PPE) rather than having to use bandanas instead as they say Kaiser has asked them to do. (Carlos Avila Gonzalez / San Francisco Chronicle / Polaris) ///

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Nurses at Kaiser Permanente hospitals and clinics in California could be fired immediately for wearing their own face masks, according to unions representing nurses at the facilities. The news comes after nurses were ordered to reuse disposable protective gear to save supplies in the face of shortages brought on by the coronavirus pandemic.

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