Posted on 03/31/2021 9:26:58 PM PDT by CondoleezzaProtege
Sarah Palin has tested positive for COVID-19, and she's urging others to continue taking the pandemic seriously.
The former governor of Alaska and 2008 Republican vice presidential nominee-turned-TV personality confirms in a statement to PEOPLE that she contracted the coronavirus as did some of her family members, including 12-year-old son Trig. Of her diagnosis, Palin explains that it began when "one of my daughters awoke to having lost her sense of taste and smell [and] immediately had a positive COVID test, then was quarantined in isolation.
"I then observed symptoms in my son Trig, who curiously is the most enthusiastic mask-wearer, and after our numerous negative tests over the year, he tested positive," Palin says. "Children with special needs are vulnerable to COVID ramifications [Trig was born with Down syndrome], so with a high fever he was prescribed azithromycin, which really seemed to help, and I increased amounts of vitamins I put in his puréed food."
Palin says she and her son "buckled down in isolated quarantine" and she "still tested negative." However, "symptoms started overnight with a slight fever and sore muscles."
She adds that she had some of the "bizarre" symptoms characteristic of the virus, like a loss of taste and smell, leading her to assume it was "unmistakable COVID caught me."
Palin tells PEOPLE that COVID-19 can "really knock you down," encouraging everyone to remain vigilant about public health amid the ongoing pandemic.
Palin, who announced in January that her mother, Sally, had died, says that dad Chuck Heath "just got" his second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine.
"I'm more concerned about him and his peers, and this beautiful older generation's health and quality of life should be a national focus and priority," she says.
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How about - isn’t it too bad she’s infected and thinks masks are ok? I love Sarah Palin - she was front and center/ and a Target/ when it was very dangerous and her STUPID running mate did nothing to protect her. I see her as the first glimpse of a conservative reawakening that brought Trump to the White House.
Why the rude comments? And on Easter. tsk tsk
Thank you Dilbert. I second that/ see my post. I love Sarah Palin. Rude comments you can find anywhere out there on FB etc. Could this just be a place for conservatives to unify? Or do we need to divide even among the clan?
Very disturbing to me.
You proved my point. Thank you. If you read the comments, you would have seen a number of them supportive and I also received many private emails in agreement. Thanks again for proving my point. I appreciate you.
Supposed to read “tyranny” but it’s a moot point, as you proved mine.
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