April 2020 Blues Vol 36 No 4

CORONAVIRUS / COVID 19
FIRST RESPONDER’S WORST NIGHTMARE
What Police Need to Know About COVID -19
by Doug Wyllie
Coronavirus—also known as COVID-19—is a respiratory illness that can spread from person to person, typically via respiratory droplets
produced when an infected person coughs or sneezes. The disease can live for many days on hard surfaces such as door knobs and other
objects multiple people frequently handle. A great deal of attention in the mainstream media has been given to the “social distancing”
and “self-isolation” in order to prevent further spread of the disease. Businesses like restaurants and bars have been shuttered across the
country, and many streets appear virtually abandoned. Tech workers are writing code from their kitchens and living rooms as opposed to
swarming the vast open workspaces of Silicon Valley. They can be just as productive at home as anywhere else. However, law enforcement
officers—and all first responders, really—don’t have the same opportunity to do their jobs in their pajamas. >>>> MORE NEXT PAGE.
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