NYC Health Commissioner Dr. Oxiris Barbot supposedly told a high ranking official she doesn’t “give two rats’ a**es about your cops” when a high-ranking official asked for more masks.
The conversation between the two “took place as increasing numbers of cops were calling out sick with symptoms of COVID-19 but before the department suffered its first casualties from the deadly respiratory disease, sources said.”
The NYPD union called her a “b*tch” with “blood on her hands.”
Sources told The New York Post that NYPD Chief of Department Terence Monahan requested 500,000 masks for his officers due to the Wuhan coronavirus outbreak. Barbot could only provide 50,000.
According to the sources, she responded, “I don’t give two rats’ asses about your cops. I need them for others.”
As stated above, Barbot and Monahan had this conversation as the NYPD witnessed more and more cops coming down with the virus. It likely happened before this moment between the two of them in March in front of Mayor Bill de Blasio:
A source who was present during a tabletop exercise at the city Office of Emergency Management headquarters in Brooklyn in March recalled witnessing a “very tense moment” when Monahan complained to Mayor de Blasio in front of Barbot about the NYPD’s need for personal protective equipment, saying, “For weeks, we haven’t gotten an answer.”De Blasio, who was seated between Monahan and Barbot, asked her, “Oxiris what is he talking about?” the source said.When Monahan said the gear was vital to keeping cops safe, de Blasio said, “You definitely need it,” and told Barbot, “Oxiris, you’re going to fix this right now,” the source said.
Department of Health spokesman Patrick Gallahue admitted Barbot and Monahan had a “heated exchange,” but no one wished “harm” on anyone.
The NYPD lost three members within 48 hours. On March 27, an administrative aide and civilian cleaner at NYPD headquarters Dennis Dickson died from coronavirus.
Detective Cedric Dixon of the 32nd Precinct in Harlem was the first NYPD officer to die from coronavirus. He passed away on March 28 after serving for 23 years.
Since then:
The NYPD has recorded 5,490 cases of coronavirus among its 55,000 cops and civilian workers, with 41 deaths, according to figures released Wednesday evening.
Then NYPD officials found out that the “Department of Health and Mental Hygiene had a large stash of masks, ventilators and other equipment stored in a New Jersey warehouse.”
NYPD went to City Hall where officials helped the department get 250,000 masks.
The feds sent NYPD Tyvek suits and disinfectants when they found out about the complaints. The NYPD union made sure everyone knows President Donald Trump sent the officers the supplies they needed:
I took a screenshot of the tweet in case the union deletes the tweet.
The union then released this statement, demanding Barbot lose her job.
Barbot has a lot of nerve talking to an officer the way she did because everyone should remember what she did in February:
“We are encouraging New Yorkers to go about their everyday lives and suggest practicing everyday precautions that we do through the flu season,” Barbot said on January 26th. She even added that those “who had recently traveled from Wuhan were not being urged to self-quarantine or avoid large public gatherings.”On February 2nd, she urged the same lack of caution: “The risk to New Yorkers for Coronavirus is low, and our preparedness as a city is very high. There is no reason not to take the subway, not to take the bus, not to go out to your favorite restaurant, and certainly not to miss the parade next Sunday.””I’m going to be there,” she added for extra reassurance.
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