A CDC contractor failed to follow coronavirus rules, and another worker got sick, whistleblower says.
It seemed like a godsend to an unemployed former Mississippi college student: a seemingly secure job with a big federal contractor at a time when theFor Brianna Flores, 22, the added plus to working at a Maximus call center meant she could do some good by giving worried callers coronavirus guidance directly from the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
“The first day was kind of crazy,” said Flores, whose job is to answer calls for the CDC and provide basic coronavirus information. “We were in this chaotic training class of 70 people. For starters, we had to stand in close quarters in a long line just to enter the call center.” “But there were no social distancing precautions taken,” she said. “We were all talking about it. We were all saying somebody was going to come down with it.”
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