35 states now giving coronavirus patient addresses to police
“At least two-thirds of states across the country are sharing the addresses of people who have tested positive for coronavirus with first responders, and at least 10 states are going so far as to share patients' identities as well,” FOX News and MSN report. According to the Associated Press, the number of states giving police addresses of coronavirus patients is “at least 35.”
“Patients who took a test were assured that their private medical information would not be disclosed to anyone else,” the report continues, adding the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services claims “the process [of sending their information to police and other first responders] is within the bounds of medical privacy laws.”
FOX notes that “activists are concerned that revealing the information would put minority groups at higher risk of being racially profiled, heightening tensions between law enforcement and black...
