Numerous Capitol Police officers who responded to riot test positive for coronavirus

[tblue37]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/legal-issues/numerous-capitol-police-officers-national-guard-troops-who-responded-to-riot-test-positive-for-coronavirus/2021/01/23/86d6f570-5dab-11eb-b8bd-ee36b1cd18bf_story.html#click=https://t.co/oDhbevopWa

Numerous Capitol Police officers who responded to riot test positive for coronavirus

Since the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, 38 U.S. Capitol Police employees have tested positive for the novel coronavirus, the head of the officers’ union said Saturday. Cases are also climbing among members of the D.C. National Guard stationed around the Capitol

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The head of the labor committee for the Capitol Police officers’ Fraternal Order of Police chapter, Gus Papathanasiou, said he had been told by the police chief’s office that 38 employees tested positive for the virus. He said there was no breakdown on how many were officers at the Capitol on Jan. 6, but he noted that most civilian employees in the department telework and would not have been there during the riot.

“It’s mostly officers and supervisors, all sworn personnel” who have contracted the potentially deadly virus, Papathanasiou said. “Who knows if it’s going to increase?” There were about 1,400 Capitol Police officers on duty.

During the attack on the Capitol, officers were trying to maintain a safe distance, Papathanasiou said, “but everyone’s on top of each other. Then when you’ve got pepper spray and pepper balls being used, people are coughing and bodily fluids are all over the place.” Federal officials estimate roughly 800 rioters invaded the Capitol that afternoon.

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[In_The_Wind]

1. Sad news.

[soothsayer]

2. And 200 National Guardsmen

But they were after the insurrection so problem caught it from the GOP Maskholes

[Arne]

3. Possibility of more deaths also.

[magicarpet]

4. Two weeks to show infection,.. then two weeks later ICU/death.