The Alaska Department of Health has laid off 30 employees, a move attributed to the expiration of federal Covid-19 grants that funded their positions.
The department confirmed that all 30 roles were either fully or partially supported by these temporary funds, which were allocated during the height of the pandemic to bolster public health efforts.
According to DOH officials, the grants were never intended to be a permanent funding source. Most were set to expire in 2027, and are just expiring early due to the need to reduce federal spending.
The department had developed a strategic wind-down plan to align with the grants’ original termination date, ensuring a smooth transition as the extra resources phased out.
The layoffs come at a time when the Alaska Department of Health is grappling with a 12% vacancy rate across its workforce. The department is encouraging affected employees to apply for other open positions within the agency for which they are qualified.
To support the impacted employees, the DOH is collaborating with the Division of Personnel and the Department of Labor and Workforce Development. These agencies are offering job placement services, unemployment assistance, and additional resources to help the laid-off workers navigate their next steps.
Speaking of Dept of Health!
Here’s some 1st hand views from Covid days!
A Zink was in the Mat SU Reagional when I took significant other into emergency! She had turned yellow and now complaining of arm pains ! Long story short !
When I asked about a reaction to MRNA vax
That she was mandated to take for employment, Zink quickly responded “good thing she’s vaccinated, imagine how much worse it could be if she wasn’t “. Struck me as odd in many ways! 1st ?? What was she even doing there at that late hour?? And she was speaking to a much older and unvaxed healthy partner ! About a week later she was posted on a run with Liza Murkowski ! Speaks volumes! Fire Zink
How many years post Covid?
Anti-Vaxers resistance to the jab was all about feeling the sting of the needle and nothing more and the ones that had Covid with no vacination had a virus load many times higher than the ones that got covid but received the vaccination thus infecting many elderly people killing them and even they’er own relatives., all medical sites reporting, not to mention brain damage associated with covid and a fever.
Summarize; Next time we have a virus epidemic, I hope the vaccination shot is given to everybody even at gun point if need be.
Wow, that speaks volumes on who you are. Pretty sick individual says something like that.
Wow, found the fascist dictator wannabe. Now you know why MAGA keeps winning. Freedom loving Americans don’t want to be forced into your “health care” cult. If you want to inject yourself with endless forever chemicals, be my guest. I am anti-forced-vaccine and am healthy and happy while you live in immense fear. How pathetic your existence is.
Right?
Whatever happened to my body, my choice?
Guess that only applies to those wanting tear apart, limb from limb, unborn babies in the third trimester.
Found the tyrant.
May your health be good and your life be long so that you may endure suffering through the many years of freedom ahead.
even at gunpoint?
Now thats a side effect of the vaccine I hadn’t heard before.
You are clueless. I had the wuhan surprise and survived just fine with out long term issues. So why is your experimental clot shot so valid? What about the increased cardio vascular issues in children? Young athletes having heart attacks falling over dead, all because of the clot shot. Even the Dr who invented MRNA said this was a gigantic mistake. You can keep on drinking the koolaid, i choose life. Force vax wont end well for anyone.
He is either too young or not smart enough to remember the number of people that were severely paralyzed and some died before the “emergency” swine flu vaccine was pulled from circulation in the early seventies all due to the immediate danger it caused.
The best medical advice comes from certifiable nutbars that make basic grammar mistakes.
But, but, we were wearing masks! At gunpoint if need be.
You’d better have a lot of guns.
U.S. armed forces have enough guns. During the 1918 pandemic, people were shot by police for not wearing a mask, the herd matters more than the individual.
As for the other repliers, things that fell out of a tree?
Yes, the herd of sheep is always preferred for the tyrants. The free thinking individuals represent threats to a tyrants power. The subservient sheep represent a future in the tyrants power structure. We all understand why they chant “for the greater good”. The cult of elitism must live on, for they fear death and the consequences of the afterlife.
I hate to break it to you.. Americans own more guns privately than what China has in it’s arsenals. Think about that.
Terd Generation is so doubled down on its ignorance that the only way it can be right is to advocate for killing off everyone who disagrees. Of course, that kind of illogic is complete nonsense, but when a person has embraced complete nonsense and continually lies to themself that it is true like this poor fool has done, what do you expect?
Spoken like Lisa Murkowski’s son!
Wow, Democrat indoctrination worked on you. You’ll die from climate change before another epidemic gets you.
Happily, the pro-vax folks aren’t the only ones with guns. We also have rope and know how to make nooses. You are wandering perilously close to FAFO-land Enjoy your journey. Cheers –
I guess “der reich” thing to do, you think..? /s You have the mindset that infected millions of Germans in the 1940’s. Thanks for showing us that you support narcissists.
Are you mixing your meds again? Please talk to a health care professional.
Folks; 3rd generation Alaskan clearly illustrates the terrible, systemic issues within our Alaska public “education” system. More money thrown at the problem is a simplistic and deeply flawed solution. Civics needs to be taught by qualified teachers. Actual teachers.
“I hope the vaccination shot is given to everybody even at gun point if need be”
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So in other words, you are a tyrannical little psychopath.
Good to know.
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And FYI, Einstein, it’s “their” not “they’re”
You could use some serious REAL journalism-not hard to find if you look…. You may also want to limit that main stream media news you’re watching on the Tel-lie-vision. Just sayin…
3rd Gen Alaskan, false on all counts. We have had all our vaccines up until COVID. Not afraid of shots at all. We just READ about how different the MRNA vaccine is. And we considered the unverified long-term consequences of this untested vaccine. We made a decision based upon real SCIENCE as you uneducated leftwingers like to brag about how much you “know”. And then you finish it off with a suggestion of forcing all people to do something against their will. And you won’t even use your real name on your comments.
Like myself, president Trump is not a left winger and it was his vaccine and he was not afraid of the shot, besides this is a nonpartisan issue.
Dumb, much.
Please take your Covid booster shots – for the seniors.
Turbo cancer, much?
Jeez.
I just talked to another 38 year old yesterday with heart problems over your jab. My mom had a heart attack 7 days after your jab as well. Your lack of reasoning skills is remarkable. I would suggest not giving out advice to anyone. Particularly medical advice.
Don’t worry, we got ’em on speed dial for the bird flu.
This needed to happen. Only a State agency and State of Alaska employee would not have seen this coming. The mentality of my friends and relatives who are SOA employees is that they have employment for life. And they often gloat about it.
Looking forward to investigations of INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE!!