By J.H. OSBORNE BLOUNTVILLE â Imagine you have 700 employees and 120 have tested positive for COVID-19 since the pandemic began. Would having had more than 17% of your workforce sick, or quarantined in case theyâre contagious, impact your ability to conduct business? The number of employees out or working from home at any time is actually higher than 17% when you consider those who have been quarantined due to their potential exposure, rather than a positive test. Guess what? If youâre a Sullivan County resident, you are that employer. Sullivan County governmentâs general fund employs 700 people, Mayor Richard Venable told the Times News on Friday. And 120 of them have tested positive âthus far.â