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The Hill's Morning Report - High-profile COVID-19 infections spark new worries
The Hill ^ | 07/21/2021 | ALEXIS SIMENDINGER AND AL WEAVER

Posted on 07/21/2021 6:35:33 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27

The dynamics of the delta variant of COVID-19 represent both the best and worst of times for a pandemic that’s far from over.

On the plus side, vaccines are keeping most inoculated people out of hospitals and out of morgues. But the delta variant can still infect vaccinated people, startling those with no symptoms or mild illness who test positive for the virus, including at both ends of Pennsylvania Avenue.

In official Washington, relaxed behaviors began to change on Tuesday following the discovery that vaccinated aides from the White House and Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s (D-Calif.) staff, along with vaccinated legislators from Texas visiting the nation’s capital, plus Rep. Vern Buchanan (R-Fla.), who was fully vaccinated early this year, all recently tested positive for COVID-19 with mild or no symptoms. Their infections are met with self-isolation, contact tracing to determine whether senior elected officials might be exposed, and lots and lots of testing. The infected-but-vaccinated can transmit the virus to others, including children and adults

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To: Jan_Sobieski

I don’t know what their agenda is, but that simply doesn’t comport with the data.

Get back to me when the majority of ICU patients in to the US are of the vaccinated. As of today, it’s overwhelmingly unvaccinated folks.


21 posted on 07/21/2021 8:35:49 AM PDT by phoneman08 (qwiyrqweopigradfdz oncm,.dadfjl,dz )
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