At Least 20 Capitol Police Officers Have COVID-19 After Riot

[Wicked Blue]

Source: NBC4 Washington

By Scott MacFarlane

Some U.S. Capitol Police officers say they’re worried the violent Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol was a COVID-19 superspreader event.

At least 20 officers have active cases of COVID-19, marking the largest number of cases among the rank and file in months, a Capitol Police union leader said.

Scores of supporters of Donald Trump swarmed into the Capitol without face masks during the riot, injuring officers and damaging an icon of American democracy.

Officers were equipped with personal protective equipment.

Read more: https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/at-least-20-capitol-police-officers-have-covid-19-after-riot/2548415/

[Bluethroughu]

1. They should sue the trump campaign and anyone/corporation

That gave ground support for the rally.

[Wicked Blue]

2. Cruz and Hawley nt

[ananda]

7. Oh pleezze

...

[Rebl2]

17. Yes they should

be sued as well

[Liberty Belle]

3. Absolutely, they should.

Not only for themselves, but anyone in their households who contracts Covid.

[Bluethroughu]

10. +1

[SheltieLover]

9. +1

[rzemanfl]

4. Then all the COVID carrying, insurrectionist yahoos went back to their

homes.

[Wicked Blue]

6. Or to jail

where they might be infecting jail personnel

[rzemanfl]

8. True that. n/t

[Rebl2]

16. Yes they did

I would like to know how many of the mob/rioters have it now and how many will die from it.

[ananda]

5. Was there ever any question?

Everything the trumpers did was a superspreader.

All day that Wednesday my only comforting thought
was realizing that many of those assholes were going
to get Covid.

I'm sorry if any good leo's got it, though.

[tanyev]

11. And the officers had masks on, at least in nearly all the photos I saw.

Wonder how many insurrectionists aren’t feeling very good right now?

[Wicked Blue]

12. The officers' masks might have slipped when the mob was attacking them

crushing their heads, hitting them with fire extinguishers and dragging them down flights of stairs.

I am so ANGRY about this. Those brave officers did not deserve to get COVID-19 on top of everything else. I hope they will be well taken care of.

[Evolve Dammit]

14. x1000!

[Mendocino]

19. The mob was likely

spitting in the faces of the officers.

[Gothmog]

13. Hopefully a ton of the terrorists also came down with COVID

[Canoe52]

18. They should be fine, healthiest bunch of insurrectionists I've ever seen.

Looked like they hadn’t missed too many meals.

[JI7]

15. More evidence of what a joke 'blue lives matter' is .

[IronLionZion]

20. Domestic terrorists use bioweapons on police

should be the headline

[SunSeeker]

21. Horrible. Like the Dem congressional representatives who caught covid in the "safe room."