{"id":10707,"date":"2018-06-19T07:51:19","date_gmt":"2018-06-19T11:51:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=10707"},"modified":"2018-06-19T07:51:19","modified_gmt":"2018-06-19T11:51:19","slug":"if-youve-got-hep-c-spitting-can-be-a-felony","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=10707","title":{"rendered":"If You\u2019ve Got Hep C, Spitting Can Be A Felony"},"content":{"rendered":"

(By Michelle Andrews for Kaiser Health News)<\/p>\n

Last week, an Ohio man who has the hepatitis C virus was\u00a0sentenced to 18 months\u00a0in prison for spitting at Cleveland police and medics.<\/p>\n

Matthew Wenzler, 27, was reportedly lying\u00a0on a Cleveland street across from a downtown casino in January. When police and emergency medical technicians tried to put him on a stretcher to take him to a hospital, he\u00a0spit saliva\u00a0mixed with blood repeatedly at them, hitting an officer in the eye.<\/p>\n

In Ohio, it\u2019s a felony\u00a0for people who know they have HIV, viral hepatitis or tuberculosis to intentionally expose another person to their blood, semen, urine, feces or other bodily substances such as saliva with the intent to harass or threaten the person. Continue reading article here…<\/a><\/p>\n

Kaiser Health News is a nonprofit national health policy news service that is part of the nonpartisan Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation.<\/p>\n

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