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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
(36,745 posts)Just like they denied it to Mr. Floyd.
totodeinhere
(13,058 posts)We are not. No human being should be denied medical treatment.
roamer65
(36,745 posts)Maybe the virus will do it for us.
totodeinhere
(13,058 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
(12,369 posts)roamer65
(36,745 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
(13,058 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
(34,069 posts)Duppers
(28,120 posts)brush
(53,776 posts)Maru Kitteh
(28,340 posts)Mr. Floyd was one of them.
brush
(53,776 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
(53,776 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
(13,058 posts)I hope not but they might.
brush
(53,776 posts)I don't just automatically take the word of examiners so closely aligned with the police.
gopiscrap
(23,758 posts)Faux pas
(14,672 posts)too be too radical, a public firing squad would work for me.
Maru Kitteh
(28,340 posts)I certainly wouldn't waste any time being upset about it either.
Kitchari
(2,166 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
(90,335 posts)LisaL
(44,973 posts)He was no longer infectious considering he had covid back in April.
GeorgeGist
(25,320 posts)So he was infectious!
Ms. Toad
(34,069 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
(6,584 posts)LisaL
(44,973 posts)He was no longer infectious.
Ms. Toad
(34,069 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.