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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMr. George Floyd was positive for the coronavirus.
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) The Hennepin County Medical Examiners office has released their full and final autopsy report on the death of George Floyd, noting that he had tested positive for COVID-19, but it was not a contributing factor in his death.
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I really do hope those cops suffer a horrible bout of Covid-19.
I hope they can't breathe.
roamer65
(36,744 posts)Just like they denied it to Mr. Floyd.
totodeinhere
(13,056 posts)We are not. No human being should be denied medical treatment.
roamer65
(36,744 posts)Maybe the virus will do it for us.
totodeinhere
(13,056 posts)And as we know, people of color are disproportionately on death row. No civilized society should condone the death penalty. I thought this was a progressive forum but now we have people at DU advocating for the death penalty?
dware
(12,250 posts)roamer65
(36,744 posts)I am against it in ALL cases. Glad though that the murder charge was upgraded. If convicted, they will spend a good amount of time in jail.
totodeinhere
(13,056 posts)And I would like to see the cop get life without parole. But we know from history that sometimes it's better in the long run to bring a lesser charge with a better chance of conviction. A 2nd degree conviction should land him with major time in jail.
Throckmorton
(3,579 posts)Ms. Toad
(33,992 posts)Duppers
(28,117 posts)brush
(53,743 posts)Maru Kitteh
(28,314 posts)Mr. Floyd was one of them.
brush
(53,743 posts)I don't just automatically believe results from the examiners who work so closely with the police.
blitzen
(4,572 posts)the fact that he had a girlfriend to whether or not he had COVID?
brush
(53,743 posts)lunatica
(53,410 posts)Thats the reason for social distancing.
blitzen
(4,572 posts)about whether he had it when he was killed. For lots of obvious reasons.
DesertRat
(27,995 posts)totodeinhere
(13,056 posts)I hope not but they might.
brush
(53,743 posts)I don't just automatically take the word of examiners so closely aligned with the police.
gopiscrap
(23,726 posts)Faux pas
(14,644 posts)too be too radical, a public firing squad would work for me.
Maru Kitteh
(28,314 posts)I certainly wouldn't waste any time being upset about it either.
Kitchari
(2,165 posts)Perhaps the infection possibility will give some of these sadist abusers a more circumspect mindset
Raine
(30,540 posts)so hopefully they took several deep breathes while depriving George Floyd of his. I hope he breathed in their faces real good while he still could.
uponit7771
(90,302 posts)LisaL
(44,972 posts)He was no longer infectious considering he had covid back in April.
GeorgeGist
(25,311 posts)So he was infectious!
Ms. Toad
(33,992 posts)It has been known for a while that some people are test positive after converting to negative, but it is not yet determined whether the return to being positive also means they are infectious again (or will display symptoms again, etc.)
Talitha
(6,561 posts)LisaL
(44,972 posts)He was no longer infectious.
Ms. Toad
(33,992 posts)It has not been determined whehter people who test positive again after the initial infection has vanished are infectious. That's one of several mysteries about this disease. Most people who recover from viral infections don't test positive again. Some with COVID 19 do. Most people who have had a viral infection are immune to it (particularly if they develop antibodies). We don't know yet if that is true for COVID 19.