A chiropractor in Chicago alleges he was retaliated against after raising concerns about crowding at a COVID-19 testing site next to his office, NBC5 Chicago reports.
It adds that William Rasmussen, the chiropractor, contacted the news station in January after trying to work with the Center for COVID Control, the company that ran the site, and his landlord to alleviate the crowding issue, but that Rasmussen says there was no change and that he further received no response from federal, state, or local officials. Now, Rasmussen tells NBC5 Chicago that after it aired a segment mentioning his concerns, he received a notice to vacate his office, despite not missing any rent payments, which he took as a sign of retaliation.
NBC5 Chicago adds that the Center for COVID Control is under investigation by federal regulators and said in January it would shut down its operations. The site next to Rasmussen's office, it notes, has reopened as a testing site, but under a new company, Nationwide COVID Testing, whose owner says it has no relationship with the Center for COVID Control and that it has strict safety rules and plans to implement appointments if there is a surge in infections.