LAPD guessing possible blue flu sick-out over July 4 weekend

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Upwards of 300 officials from the Los Angeles Police Department were out sick over the rough occasion end of the week, days after city pioneers cast a ballot to slice the police financial plan by $150 million, as per a report.

LAPD brass is testing whether the high number of individuals out sick over the Fourth of July weekend was really an instance of the "blue flu" associated with a reminder sent around a week ago that supported a wiped out among officials, the LA Times revealed. As indicated by the outlet, a sorted out work dissent of this nature is unlawful.

“Rather than jumping to conclusions and indicting and impugning the integrity of our rank and file, I’m asking that we explore this,” LAPD Chief Michel Moore told the LA Times, stressing that the department was working to learn the facts before "making sweeping judgments."

The novel coronavirus could have likewise have a role in the diminished staffing numbers.

As of Wednesday morning, in any event, 120,764 COVID-19 cases were accounted for in Los Angeles County, while the state all out arrived at more than 284,000, as indicated by information assembled by John Hopkins University and Medicine.