By Kimberlee Kruesi | 18 May 2020
ASSOCIATED PRESS — More than 11 million people have been tested in the U.S. for COVID-19, all with the assurance that their private medical information would remain protected and undisclosed.
Yet, public officials in at least two-thirds of states are sharing the addresses of people who tested positive with first responders — from police officers to firefighters to EMTs. An Associated Press review found that at least 10 of those states also share the patients’ names.
First responders argue the information is vital to helping them take extra precautions to avoid contracting and spreading the coronavirus.
But civil liberty and community activists have expressed concerns of potential profiling in African-American and Hispanic communities that already have an uneasy relationship with law enforcement. Some envision the data being forwarded to immigration officials. […]
Do they release the same level of information with regards to HIV or Hep C ? Asking for a friend.
https://gellerreport.com/2020/05/more-than-600-doctors-sign-letter-to-president-trump-urging-him-to-end-lockdown.html/