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Thousands of NYPD officers out sick amid coronavirus crisis

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  1. MimicSquid
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    All the more reason to keep people fed, housed, and safe. Much better to pay people to stay home than it is to have sick cops out trying to suppress crimes being done by desperate people trying to...

    All the more reason to keep people fed, housed, and safe. Much better to pay people to stay home than it is to have sick cops out trying to suppress crimes being done by desperate people trying to feed their families.

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  2. skybrian
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    From the article: [...]

    From the article:

    About 3,200 cops are out sick Wednesday, Police Commissioner Dermot Shea said — triple the normal rate. That adds up to almost 9 percent of the force.

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    As of Tuesday night, 177 uniformed officers and another 34 civilian NYPD employees tested positive for the coronavirus. Shea said that number has spiked further, but the department did not immediately have an updated figure.

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