Two whistleblowers have accused the US Department of Health and Human Services of directing them to downplay the severity of a coronavirus outbreak among migrant children at a federal facility in Texas.
Their report details how there was concern for the children in the tents known to contain coronavirus who were wearing basic disposable masks instead of N95 masks.
According to a recent court filing, there were 327 children in medical isolation who had tested positive for Covid-19 at Fort Bliss, as of July 12, CNN reported.
Other issues include a shortage of underwear and other clothes for the migrant children.
The report describes how on several occasions, children who were already at the airport or even on planes were pulled from their flights to be told it was a mistake, to get off and returned to the facility.
The whistleblowers had to comfort the distressed children when they got back to Fort Bliss.
The Government Accountability Project, an organization which serves to protect whistleblower, said: 'Pearlstein was primarily assigned to work on two teams while at Fort Bliss: performing clinical assessments on the Clinical Assessment Team; and working with small groups and individual children on the Mental Health/Wellness team.
Thursday, July 29, 2021
Two federal whistleblowers allege Dept HHS instructed them to downplay migrant coronavirus outbreak
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