Arizona pastor gets 2 a.m. Ebola check from police
Posted by: Jon Ben-Mayor on 11/02/2014 02:16 AM
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A Tuscon, AZ., pastor received an interesting 2 a.m. door knock by police officers - they were checking to see if he had Ebola on a tip from one of his own congregation members. The officers requested that he contact medical staff at the University of Arizona Medical Center.
Pastor Michael Petzer told Tuscon.com; “I feel like I have been punked. It is almost like a Halloween surprise,” said Petzer about the middle-of-the-night health check. But at the time he was not so amused.
“It was bizarre,” recalled the pastor of Living Hope Family Church, 7333 E. 22nd St., who lives in a community south of East Valencia Road and east of Interstate 10.
“The lieutenant and the officer were not wearing protective gear, and did not come inside my house,” said Petzer, 50. “They stood at a distance, but insisted on seeing me.”
The officers learned that Petzer had been in Zambia for about 10 days training missionaries, was not sick, and was past the 21-day incubation period for Ebola.
I wonder what the police response would have been if they thought he actually had the virus - SWAT with a no-knock?
Pastor Michael Petzer told Tuscon.com; “I feel like I have been punked. It is almost like a Halloween surprise,” said Petzer about the middle-of-the-night health check. But at the time he was not so amused.“It was bizarre,” recalled the pastor of Living Hope Family Church, 7333 E. 22nd St., who lives in a community south of East Valencia Road and east of Interstate 10.
“The lieutenant and the officer were not wearing protective gear, and did not come inside my house,” said Petzer, 50. “They stood at a distance, but insisted on seeing me.”
The officers learned that Petzer had been in Zambia for about 10 days training missionaries, was not sick, and was past the 21-day incubation period for Ebola.
I wonder what the police response would have been if they thought he actually had the virus - SWAT with a no-knock?
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