NC Firefighter Dismissed over COVID Test Clash

    Feb. 4, 2021
    A Center Pigeon firefighter, who also is the chief's nephew, was told he couldn't return to duty until he produced a negative COVID-19 test after contracting the virus in November.

    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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