Updated: 2:34 PM EST Jan 10, 2021 A police sergeant in Massachusetts remains in an intensive care unit as he battles COVID-19, according to his family and friends.In a Facebook post, the Norton Police Department confirmed that Det. Sgt. Stephen Desfosses is battling a coronavirus infection.Desfosses was diagnosed with COVID-19, Influenza A and pneumonia in early December, according to a GoFundMe page that was set up for him and his family.After struggling to improve at home for two weeks and feeling a serious decline in his ability to breathe, he was taken to a local emergency room. He was evaluated to be in critical condition and was then taken to Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital in Boston, where he remains in the ICU.According to an update to the GoFundMe page from his wife, Jessica, Desfosses lungs are showing no signs of improvement with severe fibrosis. It s getting harder and harder to remain positive.I just can t believe that this is my real life, Jessica Desfosses
‘You couldn’t pay me to take it’: As COVID vaccine rolls out for Massachusetts first responders, some police, fire departments split on taking it
Updated Jan 02, 2021;
With Massachusetts first responders standing next in line to receive the coronavirus vaccine, the Auburn Police Department, like many law enforcement agencies across the state, surveyed its officers earlier this month to see how many plan to get vaccinated for the viral respiratory infection.
The results were compelling. Fewer than half the members of the department, 29 officers, said they plan to get vaccinated, while 31 answered they do not, with the town’s chief of police among those opting out of getting immunized.
NORTON â A GoFundMe page has been created for the family of a local veteran police officer battling COVID-19 in the intensive care unit at a Boston hospital.
Detective Sgt. Stephen Desfosses, a member of the department for over 30 years, has been in intensive care for about a week at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, according to Jeffa Lombardi, who created the GoFundMe account Monday.
Desfosses was diagnosed with COVID-19 and pneumonia and tried to recuperate at home for two weeks before being hospitalized. When his condition worsened, he was transferred to Beth Israel, according to Lombardi.
His wife, Jessica, is on leave from work to focus on their two daughters, Addison, 11, and Ella, 8.