ALMOST 7 PERCENT OF NEW YORK CITY POLICE OFFICERS CALL OUT SICK IN A SINGLE DAY AS CITY BATTLES CORO

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Newsweek

ALMOST 7 PERCENT OF NEW YORK CITY POLICE OFFICERS CALL OUT SICK IN A SINGLE DAY AS CITY BATTLES CORONAVIRUS
BY JEFFERY MARTIN ON 3/24/20 AT 5:28 PM EDT

As coronavirus continues to spread through New York, almost 7 percent of the uniformed officers employed by the New York Police Department called out sick Monday. Roughly 2,400 employees reported themselves as being ill on Monday with approximately 100 officers testing positive for coronavirus.

"The increase in the number of employees on sick report was anticipated and given the nature of the virus, it is expected that this number will grow," the NYPD said in a Tuesday statement, which also said that the absence of the officers had "minimal impact" on the NYPD's job effectiveness.

Spokesperson Mary Frances O'Donnell of the office of the Deputy Commissioner of Public Information for the NYPD told Newsweek that the department would be updating the numbers "and will likely do so every day for the foreseeable future."

Members of the NYPD have started to monitor social distancing in public places to curb the spread of coronavirus, issuing warnings Sunday in areas where crowding was an issue.

Read more: https://www.newsweek.com/almost-7-percent-new-york-city-police-officers-call-out-sick-single-day-city-battles-coronavirus-1494068?piano_t=1

[underpants]

1. Very bad. Civil unrest is a serious concern in the next few weeks.

[bucolic_frolic]

2. +1

[Sherman A1]

3. Indeed it is

I have added extra cans of wasp & hornet spray to the house. They are good for 15-20 feet range.

[LiberalFighter]

6. I will keep that in mind. Have spray too.

[NickB79]

4. I asked that VERY question a couple weeks ago

DU collectively told me I was crazy.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100213074647

[underpants]

5. Damn. I said Zero

Post #2.

I took that as a gun toting civil war thing.

1 person is a crime
5 people are an incident
10 people turns into 20 and can turn into a riot.
Riots grow.

[Lulu KC]

11. Good illustration

Of how quickly things and our perception are changing.

[gldstwmn]

10. It sure is.

Hungry, broke and sick is a bad combo for a country that is armed to the teeth.

[iluvtennis]

7. Wow, 2400 out sick on Monday. But do you blame them...they haven't been give the protective

equipment they need to do their jobs. Also wondering if they've tested all of NYPD and 1st responders to quarantine those that are sick.

If NYPD and first responders knew they were working with others w/o the virus, they wouldn't call in sick.

[Igel]

9. They don't give enough info to be useful..

100 tested positive.


Out of 100? Out of 1200 tests?

Of the tests run on those sick or who otherwise qualify for testing, around 70% test negative.

[iluvtennis]

12. agree, not enought datapoints to do an analysis. nt

[greenjar_01]

8. I wish NYPD had more credibility at this moment and hadn't been throwing tantrums

like a bunch of spoiled brats for the last five years.

[Hassin Bin Sober]

14. Yep.

[tclambert]

13. One precinct in Detroit had many officers exposed to the virus and put them under quarantine.

It's a good time to rob a bank, except that bank-robbing is not essential, so all bank robbers are supposed to stay home.

Plus a lot of banks have closed their lobbies and only have their drive-thrus working.

Besides, very few banks have much toilet paper.