{"id":507,"date":"2021-09-07T10:24:54","date_gmt":"2021-09-07T14:24:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/communicator.stage.pef.org\/?p=507"},"modified":"2021-09-07T10:24:54","modified_gmt":"2021-09-07T14:24:54","slug":"member-with-asthma-and-hypertension-ra-denied","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/communicator.pef.org\/issue\/no-issue\/member-with-asthma-and-hypertension-ra-denied\/","title":{"rendered":"Member with asthma and hypertension \u2013 RA Denied"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Linda Romeo\u2019s asthma gets bad enough to require hospitalization. Combined with her hypertension, she is at increased risk of COVID. The poor air quality in Linda Romeo\u2019s office in Watervliet triggers her asthma and she has no doubt the office is poorly equipped to filter the virus.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCOVID is aerosolized and the new variants are highly contagious especially for someone with my health concerns,\u201d Romeo said.<\/p>\n<p>She then related two stories of increased danger at her worksite \u2013 an unmasked woman in the bathroom who said she was vaccinated but she had COVID and a man suffering a seizure who was fighting back against her as she rendered aid as an RN.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m beyond frustrated,\u201d Romeo said. \u201cI love my job, but don\u2019t want to die for it. I feel that we stepped up and worked exceedingly hard while working at home. We met and exceeded NYSIF expectations in all aspects yet they won\u2019t allow us the opportunity to protect our health and lives .\u201d\u201cIf people want to go into the office, let them,\u201d she added. \u201cBut if employees are productive, why not allow them to work from home?\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Linda Romeo\u2019s asthma gets bad enough to require hospitalization. Combined with her hypertension, she is at increased risk of COVID. 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