NC Firefighter Dismissed over COVID Test Clash
Feb. 4, 2021
By Becky Johnson
Source The Mountaineer, Waynesville, N.C.
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BETHEL, NC—A weeks-long stalemate over mandatory COVID testing has led to the dismissal of a firefighter at Center Pigeon fire department in Bethel.
Jared Pless, a 26-year-old firefighter, tested positive for COVID in late-November. He was barred from returning to work until he could produce a negative COVID test, and was eventually terminated after refusing to get one.
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