A Twentysomething COVID Contact Tracer Has Been Found DEAD And The Reason Will…

A 28-year-old Los Angeles man who worked for the county remotely as a COVID tracer died in his home and was not discovered for five days because his employers failed to check in on him or call any of his emergency contact numbers.

Dominic Green had been working through a staffing firm for the Los Angeles Department of Public Health tracking Covid cases. Green missed clocking in online on Thursday for his remote role, and supervisors at the client site reached out.

“Green worked for Healthcare Staffing Professionals, a company that has provided Los Angeles County with nearly 1,000 workers since the pandemic began, with 80% working from home,” the Daily Mail reported.

Green is a medical epidemiologist who worked from home.

Last winter, at the close of his shift, he emailed work to say, “Good afternoon everyone, my shift has ended.”

Five days later, after checking their son’s cellphone plan and realizing Green hadn’t made any calls, his parents, Joseph and Jeannine, were worried.

According to reports, he died suddenly at his home in bed and wasn’t found for days.

It was later discovered that Green died of cardiomyopathy, a condition that makes it harder for the heart to pump blood to the rest of the body, as reported by the Los Angeles Times.

‘Hastings Tribune’ has more details of this tragic incident:

Dominic, who was single and lived alone, had started his position as an epidemiologist in September, joining the 41% of white-collar workers who were fully remote, spending their days at home in jobs that were more disconnected and isolating than ever.

At the beginning and end of each shift, Dominic sent his bosses a mandatory email clocking in and out.

But the next day, a Thursday, Dominic didn’t send his 8 a.m. email. He missed the 4:30 p.m. sign-out too. Friday also came and went with no sign of Dominic.

Dominic’s parents, Joseph and Jeannine Green, who lived in Michigan, didn’t hear from him over the weekend, but that was not unexpected; they were used to waiting for texts from their busy son.

But by Monday, which was Martin Luther King Jr. Day, they grew worried.

Joseph checked their family cellular plan and saw Dominic’s phone had been dark for five days. Jeannine checked their joint bank account and saw it too showed no activity.

By the time Dominic’s body was discovered in his apartment Monday night, he was unrecognizable and had to be identified by the few fingerprints still visible on his hands.

With more than 60% of workers who are able to do their jobs remotely working from home all or most of the time, Green’s sad story is one that could easily be repeated unless people take the time to check on each other.

Said his grieving father, “How many people out there may be single and don’t have somebody else at home to see that they’re OK?”

Sources: TheGatewayPundit, Daily Mail, Los Angeles Times, Hastings Tribune

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