Third Senator tests positive for Covid-19
Posted By: Ribicon, 8/19/2021 10:41:49 PM
Three United States senators have confirmed they have tested positive for Covid-19. Senator Angus King, an Independent from Maine, tested positive for the virus in his home state, his office announced. The news came hours after Senator Roger Wicker, a Republican from Mississippi, also announced he had tested positive. And the third to make public their positive test was John Hickenlooper, a Democrat from Colorado. Senator King’s office said that he had taken a Covid test after he started to feel unwell on Wednesday and the politician added that despite taking precautions and being vaccinated it had come back positive. “Despite all my efforts, when I began feeling
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New journalistic boilerplate: "Despite being fully vaccinated, X and so fell ill and tested positive for the 'rona, but is thankful for the shot because he would have been much sicker otherwise." Except that very few people become very sick with this disease, so apart from being at the same risk of catching and spreading the vaccine, and risking side effects, what is the benefit, apart from billions of dollars in revenue for the manufacturers?