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Milwaukee Municipal Court Judge Derek Mosley tests positive for COVID-19

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Posted at 11:50 AM, Apr 06, 2020
and last updated 2020-04-06 13:14:04-04

Milwaukee Municipal Court Judge Derek Mosley announced that he tested positive for COVID-19 in March.

Judge Mosley says he tested positive for coronavirus on March 27 and was immediately placed on oxygen and admitted to Froedtert Hospital Intensive Care Unit.

On March 27th, I tested positive for Covid 19 and was immediately placed on oxygen and admitted to the Medical ICU at...

Posted by Derek Mosley on Monday, April 6, 2020

"Being immunosuppressed since my kidney transplant, this has been the most frightening experience of my life," said Mosley in a Facebook post.

Judge Mosley says from the ICU unit he was transferred to the COVID-19 floor, and then later taken off oxygen to breathe on his own Saturday.

In 2016, Mosley was gifted a life-saving kidney from a friend and fellow judge after suffering from kidney disease.

Mosley says he will provide more updates on his health as they become available.

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