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Sun Splash workers say they weren't properly notified about sick employee

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Sun Splash workers say they weren't properly notified about sick employee
Sun Splash workers say they weren't properly notified about sick employee

Sun Splash workers say not everyone was given proper notice after a fellow coworker tested positive for COVID-19.

VIEWER REACHES OUT TO PROVIDEMASKS THAT DON’T HINDERCOMMUNICATION.CONCERNS ABOUT COVID-19...AT APOPULAR SOUTHWEST FLORIDA WATERPARK.

I’M PATRICK NOLAN.

WE HOPEYOU ENJOYED THE GAME ..

ANDTHANKS FOR STICKING WITH US HEREON W-F-T-X.SEVERAL EMPLOYEES AT SUN SPLASHWATER PARK IN CAPE CORAL HAVEREACHED OUT TO OUR COLLEAGUEROCHELLE ALLEYNE...THEY SAY ACOWORKER RECENTLY TESTEDPOSITIVE...AND THEY SAY THEIR MANAGERDIDN’T FOLLOW THE CITY’SGUIDELINES WHEN TELLING PEOPLEABOUT THAT THEY MAY HAVE BEENEXPOSED.

ROCHELLE AT SUNSPLASHTONIGHT WITH THE LATEST.TONIGHT YOU’RE GOING TO HEARFROM ONE OF THOSE EMPLOYEES WHOHAS CHOSEN TO ANONYMOUS...THEYEVEN ASKED TO DISGUISE THEIRVOICE FOR FEAR OF RETALIATION.THEY TELL ME THAT MANAGEMENTDIDN’T *TELL EVERYONE WHO MAYHAVE BEEN EXPOSEIT STARTED WITH AN ANONYMOUSTIP...AND THEN A COUPLE OF TAPS OF THEKEYBOARD TO CONFIRM A RECENTCASE OF COVID-19 AMONG EMPLOYEESAT SUN SPLASH PARK...IN CAPECORAL.THE CITY SAYS THAT PERSON HASBEEN SENT HOME...AND THAT THEPARK AND COMMON STAFF AREAS HAVEBEEN CLEANED...THEY ALSO ADD THAT STAFF WASTOLD THE NEXT MORNING BECAUSETHE NOTICE ABOUT THAT COVID-19CASE CAME *AFTER THE PARK WASCLOSED...BUT THAT FIRST TIPSTER...AND TWOOTHERS VIA EMAIL...ARE TELLING ADIFFERENT STORY."I was just so flustered becauI knew I had come in contactwith the girl that day and thatweek."THEY TELL ME THAT STAFF *COULDHAVE BEEN WARNED THE SAMENIGHT...VIA AN EMPLOYEEMESSAGING SYSTEM.THEY ALSO SAY...WHEN STAFF WASTOLD THE NEXT DAY...NOT EVERYONEWHO MAY HAVE BEEN EXPOSED WASTHERE.."They didn’t address it anymore,just to people that werescheduled that day."{butted t}"People that weren’t scheduledthat day either found outbecause a friend told them orjust didn’t find out at all."THAT EMPLOYEE SAYS SEVERALPEOPLE STILL HAVEN’T BEENTOLD...AND OTHERS ARE WORRIEDTHEY MAY HAVE EXPOSED FAMILYMEMBERS."It’s just frustrating because alot of us have families thatcould possibly beimmunocompromised."THEY ALSO TELL ME THAT THEY FEELONE MANAGER IN PARTICULAR HASN’TBEEN TAKING THINGS AS SERIOUSLYBECAUSE OF HIS VIEWS ONCOVID-19."Two weeks ago he had said thathe doesn’t believe in thevirus."NOW...THEY’RE CALLING FOR A DEEPCLEAN OF THE PARK...FOR*EVERYONE POSSIBLY EXPOSED TO BENOTIFIED...AND FOR ANINVESTIGATION INTO MANAGEMENT..."No one can really make thesedecisions except them."A SPOKESPERSON FOR THE CITY HASALSO SAID THAT THEY WEREN’TAWARE OF THESE CONCERNS AND HAVELET THE CITY DIRECTOR OF

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