General Discussion
Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMan coughs and spits on woman she dies two weeks later
I heard this on Thom Hartmanns show today.
London, transit worker, 47 years old was spat on, became ill within two days and died after hospitalization.
snip--
Mujinga, 47, was working on the concourse at Victoria Station in London on March 22 when she and a colleague were assaulted by a man who claimed to have the coronavirus, according to The Guardian. The man reportedly spat and coughed in their faces before taking off.
snip --
Within days, both women fell sick with the virus.
British Transport Police have since launched an investigation to find the accused spitter, BBC News reported.
Read more here: https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/article242675046.html#storylink=cpy
snip --
The victims husband, Lusamba Gode Katalay, told the outlet that his wife and her co-worker were approached by the man who demanded to know what they were doing and why they were there.
[Mujinga] told him she was working, and the man said he had the virus and spat on her, Katalay said.
Mujinga, who had underlying health issues, was hospitalized at Barnet Hospital on April 2, according to BBC News. She was placed on a ventilator but died three days later on April 5.
snip --
The incident has raised concerns about worker safety amid the pandemic that, as of Tuesday, has infected more than 227,000 across the United Kingdom and 4 million globally, according to Johns Hopkins University. Mujingas family told the UK outlet Sky News that she and her colleague begged not to be sent to work with the masses.
They wished to remain in the ticket office but were denied. Relatives said it didnt help that Mujinga and other workers werent provided personal protective equipment, putting them at increased risk of contracting the virus.
They werent given masks, or gloves, so they were exposed to everyone, her husband told Sky News.
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2020/may/12/uk-rail-worker-dies-coronavirus-spat-belly-mujinga?utm_term=Autofeed&CMP=twt_gu&utm_medium&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1589278477
cayugafalls
(5,640 posts)They will use us and throw us to the floor when they are done with us.
So f'ing sad.
GemDigger
(4,305 posts)have it. Enough of this pussy footing shit.
jimfields33
(15,793 posts)GemDigger
(4,305 posts)shot on site.
jimfields33
(15,793 posts)I cant imagine Britain going that route.
GemDigger
(4,305 posts)Spitting is one of those things that flip my bitch switch so fast I would deck someone on reflex. I have no mercy on people who spit on people when they know they have a potential killer disease.
jimfields33
(15,793 posts)superpatriotman
(6,247 posts)Remember the bus driver who had to kick off a coughing passenger?
Seems years ago.