Virginia governor, wife test positive for coronavirus

Associated Press ^ | September 25, 2020 | Alan Suderman

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Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam announced Friday that he and his wife have both tested positive for the coronavirus, though he said he is showing no symptoms.

He’s among four governors around the country who have tested positive for the virus that causes COVID-19, but one of the others turned out to be a false positive.

Northam and his wife, who has mild symptoms, plan to isolate for the next 10 days while working remotely, according to a statement from his office.

The Democrat, the country’s only governor who is also a doctor, has previously been criticized by some Republican lawmakers who say his restrictions aimed at slowing the spread of the virus are too stringent.

Northam said in a statement that his test result shows that the virus is “very real and very contagious.” …

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Dims at Richmond are whining that some Republican legislator showed up at the Capital w/ an as-yet undetected case of the Wuhan. The best they can say is that he didn’t notify them quickly enough when he later came down with it. (See: https://www.wric.com/news/virginia-news/filler-corn-releases-statement-on-lack-of-disclosure-of-virginia-house-members-reported-covid-19-positive-diagnosis/)

Meanwhile, how many of these same whiners were holding hands with the Governor over the last two weeks? Let’s see:

https://www.governor.virginia.gov/about-the-governor/governors-calendar/

He and the wife have been all over the place.

PS I’m guessing he didn’t get it from public tennis courts, which his lame a— government shut down from March to June.