COVID-19 fear discrimination among first responders. Is this the new form of discrimination in travis county?  Firefighters tell EMS they must vacate their stations immediately even though they have no symptoms of the virus.

I’m a paramedic working in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic in central Texas. Although we are not getting hit as hard as other parts of the country we are in the fight just like everyone else. This week I was told to leave one of the fire stations that I have worked in over this past year by fire department staff simply because I’m an EMS provider. I have never tested positive for COVID-19. I don’t have any symptoms of it and neither does my partner. It might not seem like a big deal to you if you’re reading this, but to us being asked to leave our station is a huge deal. My truck/station has been reassigned three times in one week because nobody knows what to do with us. This is not okay. Why in this day and age have we let fear take over our ability to make rational decisions? Furthermore, why am I being treated like a refugee when I’m needed the most by those who are on my own team?

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EMS being removed from Fire Stations