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Zorro

(16,272 posts)
Fri Aug 27, 2021, 04:08 PM Aug 2021

St. Petersburg police officer dies of COVID-19 complications

Officer Michael Weiskopf, 52, died Friday. He’d been with the department since 2003 and was assigned to the Crash Investigation Unit.

ST. PETERSBURG — A St. Petersburg police officer has died of COVID-19 complications, according to the city’s police department.

Officer Michael Weiskopf, 52, died Friday “from complications related to COVID-19,” a St. Petersburg Police Department news release said.

Weiskopf started with the department in 2003 and was assigned to the department’s Traffic Section Crash Investigation Unit. He “leaves behind a grieving wife and extended family,” the news release said.

Weiskopf had not received a COVID-19 vaccine, said police spokeswoman Yolanda Fernandez.

Though Weiskopf had resisted getting vaccinated, Fernandez said in an email, “His wife told us that just before he became ill, he was giving serious consideration to getting the vaccine.”

https://www.tampabay.com/news/health/2021/08/27/st-petersburg-police-officer-dies-of-covid-19-complications/

He should have given serious consideration to getting the vaccine 6 months ago.
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St. Petersburg police officer dies of COVID-19 complications (Original Post) Zorro Aug 2021 OP
LOL!! SoCalDavidS Aug 2021 #1
Shoulda woulda coulda flying_wahini Aug 2021 #2
Now he has tons of time to ponder the pros and cons of the Covid vaccine. magicarpet Aug 2021 #3

SoCalDavidS

(10,560 posts)
1. LOL!!
Fri Aug 27, 2021, 04:10 PM
Aug 2021

Officer, I was giving serious consideration to slowing down while I was driving through the school zone at 90 mph.

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