On Saturday, Pres. Trump told the media he was thinking about placing a quarantine on New York, New Jersey and parts of Connecticut, the epicenter of COVID (coronavirus).
Newsweek is reporting that the New York Police Department is being hit hard by the virus. Why is it so bad in the big city?
You have a very lax lock-down policy of the city because the public transportation is still working, people are still moving around and are still gathering in places. Many people not wearing masks. I don’t know what you’re thinking.
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More than 500 officers of the New York Police Department have tested positive for coronavirus in addition to the 4,111 officers taking sick leave, according to the NYPD.
“On Friday, March 27, 2020, 4,111 NYPD uniformed employees were on sick report which accounts for 11.4 percent of the Department’s uniformed workforce,” the NYPD said in a statement sent to Newsweek. “Currently, 442 uniformed members and 70 civilian members tested positive for the Coronavirus.”
New York’s fire department is also feeling the effect of the coronavirus pandemic with 170 members testing positive for the illness. More than 2,000 paramedics and firefighters have called out sick, representing roughly 17 percent of the members of the department.
“I think this is unprecedented times,” NYPD Commissioner Dermot Shea told CBS News on Friday. “We’ve been through some difficult times before. I think the safety of the members of the NYPD is really first and foremost, them and their families, but that quickly extends out to 8.6 million people.” [Newsweek]
Mayor Bill DeBlasio said that fining individuals $500 for not following social distancing guidelines is not off the table. “People need to understand that this is really, really serious.”
This piece was written by Wayne Dupree on March 28, 2020. It originally appeared in WayneDupree.com and is used by permission.
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