3 deputies hospitalized after being exposed to fentanyl in Orange County (FL)

[TomSea]

3 deputies hospitalized after being exposed to fentanyl in Orange County
WESH Updated: 4:50 PM EST Nov 26, 2019

ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. —

Three Orange County deputies have been hospitalized after they were exposed to fentanyl while making a drug arrest Tuesday afternoon.

Officials with the Orange County Sheriff’s Office said deputies arrested a man just before 3 p.m. on felony narcotics charges.
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While on their way to the jail, the man in custody began showing signs of overdose and the deputy pulled over and called for rescue crews, officials said.

More at: https://www.wesh.com/article/3-deputies-hospitalized-after-being-exposed-to-fentanyl-in-orange-county/29995797

I thought it was originally talking about CA but I guess, it's FL.  Bad wherever it happened.

[XenaLee]

Ok, I admit that I know nothing about fentanyl.... but how would the deputies have been "exposed" just by having a drug addict that overdosed in their custody?   I don't get it.   

But there’s one problem: Overdosing on fentanyl just by touching it or by simply being in proximity to it is extremely unlikely, if not impossible. Yet overdose by contact has been a persistent myth about fentanyl since it began supplanting heroin in much of the US’s illicit opioid supply.

https://www.vox.com/science-and-health/2019/3/22/18277144/fentanyl-opioid-epidemic-touch-overdose