Pumas, Pandemics, And Persistent Positives

In the months following the declaration of the pandemic, employers raced to put their COVID response teams together, creating and updating polices—seemingly on a daily basis—to respond to the ever-changing rules of the crisis. Now, many months in, many employers have brought teams back and are facing new challenges, putting themselves once again at the very edge of the science.

In this episode, Shireen Wetmore, Labor and Employment Associate in Seyfarth's San Francisco office, discusses two anomalies at opposite ends of the COVID-19 spectrum, Persistent Positives and Long Haulers, and how employers should continue to monitor and adapt their Return to Business plans in the wake of an ongoing pandemic.