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A Wisconsin woman’s text sparked a full-blown police response after it autocorrected to say she was being “stabbed” — instead of “swabbed” for COVID-19.
The unidentified woman’s frantic father called 911 after receiving the alarming message late last month, The Appleton Post-Crescent reported Monday.
“He indicated that his daughter was being stabbed, possibly by a live-in boyfriend,” Menasha police officer Nick Oleszak told the local paper.
At least eight cops rushed to the woman’s apartment to check up on her.
Then, much to everyone’s surprise, the woman showed up unharmed.
Turns out, she’d gone to a clinic to get tested for COVID-19 and had told her dad she was being “swabbed” without noticing autocorrect changed the word to “stabbed.”
“She said she was fine and it was all a misunderstanding,” Oleszak said.
The mix-up lasted around 25 minutes, Oleszak noted, saying officers had “used an abundance of caution.”
He said that it was always best to check a text before sending it to authorities to make sure no words had been mistakenly changed.
Still, Oleszak added: “Misunderstandings like this are very rare.”
“We don’t want to dissuade people from sending texts for help.”






