Island woman found guilty of assault for coughing at grocery store worker during anti-COVID rant
“Ms. Woolman told her COVID was not real and that it was stupid,” Judge Flewelling says. “When asked if she would obey the social distancing rules, Ms. Woolman replied ‘no.’”
Woolman at one point, stopped abruptly, causing the employee to stop about three feet away from her. Woolman then turned and faced the employee, leaned towards her and “forcibly coughed” in the direction of the employee’s face, the judge says. All the while, the original employee testified that Woolman “continued to scream and yell at the top of her lungs,” the judge says.“She was yelling that ‘COVID was not fucking real,’ ‘just a flu’ and they were all ‘fucking stupid,’” Judge Flewelling says. “According to she ‘kept screaming it over and over.’”
The original employee who testififed that Woolman coughed on her was shaken and concerned about infection. She reported the incident and, following advice, went home, cleaned her clothes and showered and monitored herself for any symptoms. She returned to work the next day.“At the time of these events, the store was following the social distancing orders,” the judge says. “ described that people were panic buying and the checkouts were very busy.
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