Literally how do you even get access to a syringe of covid-19
Edit: Oh, "infecting"...
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For months and under $1000 for murdering someone. That's really not going to stop anyone doing it again.
Murder implies intent. If the assailant, knowing they had COVID, purposefully coughed in to the face of the victim with the intent of infecting them, then you have a point. But the article does not imply that is what happened.
Suspended sentence. She only spends 4 months in jail if she breaks the law again.
Almost absolute certainty? So not?
I understand the reasoning, I'm just not sure I like the precedence this establishes. The details are quite vague.
The article says there was contact in a stairwell. What kind of contact? How long? Even if you got your groceries delivered, how would you get them if you aren't allowed in a common area? No details at all.
This feels dystopian to me because the judgement seems to imply that if you are unlucky enough to have a better immune system than your deceased neighbor who was sick with the same strain of virus, that you're fully liable for their death. IDK
She also has a previous conviction for intentionally spreading the virus.
Then why the fuck is this one suspended?
Good question, isn't it.
To give a bit nore details: She ignored her quarantine mandate, didn't wear a mask and chatted him up in the stairwell. Because she was convinced she doesn't have Covid even though she was diagnosed.
Sounds like typhoid Mary
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Except if she does it again, right?
Third time's a charm?
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So, unless you die of it, there are no repercussions to someone blatantly coughing at your face, again and again, despite protests.
I don't feel sorry for anyone doing that.
Seems there are no real repercussions at all.
800 euro and 4 weeks at home?
Well, no repercussions from the government. But the government is not the only entity capable of creating repercussions.
Coughing deliberately in someones face can be battery in many states with a good lawyer.
In India, if I call out someone for coughing in my face, IATA.
The most relevant part of the article, to me, has not been quoted:
This week, the judge heard statements from the deceased’s family, who said there had been contact in a stairwell between the neighbors on Dec. 21, 2001 — when the defendant would already have known she had COVID-19. But she denied the meeting, saying she was too sick to get out of bed that day. She also said she believed she had bronchitis, which she typically gets every year.
But the woman’s doctor told police that the defendant had tested positive with a rapid test and told him that she “certainly won’t let herself be locked up” after the result.
Seems pretty open-and-shut to me. If she had something like drug-resistant TB, there would be no question here.
Dec. 21, 2001 - do news sites no longer employ editors or proofreaders?
They almost all stopped doing so some years back. As someone who used to want to be a copywriter, reading modern articles with all of their constant mistakes is very frustrating.
What, you don't recall COVID-99?
I heard it made computers cough on nye
Huh, I'm surprised the doctor was allowed to comment on that.
Public health is a privacy exception.
Why? There a limits on health care privacy privilege. Also with regards to with attorneys as well.
Medical privacy ends when the condition may cause detrimental effects to other people. It's not that difficult of a concept to understand.
Somebody who has epilepsy is not allowed to drive vehicles or fly a plane. They might have an episode while operating the vehicle and kill/injure others.
Somebody with a confirmed deadly disease is not allowed to wander around spreading it to others. Their decisions to ignore quarantine restrictions will kill/injure others.
With that context, 4 months and $800 doesn't feel like enough