Posted on 07/20/2021 9:23:59 AM PDT by conservative98
Drew Hammill, a top aide to Pelosi, said the unidentified staff member was fully vaccinated and did not have recent contact with the top California Democrat, though the speaker's office is taking extra precautions as a result.
"Yesterday, a fully vaccinated senior spokesperson in the speaker’s press office tested positive for COVID after contact with members of the Texas state legislature last week," Hammill said in a statement obtained by Fox News.
"This individual has had no contact with the speaker since exposure. The entire press office is working remotely today with the exception of individuals who have had no exposure to the individual or have had a recent negative test. Our office will continue to follow the guidance of the Office of Attending Physician closely."
On Tuesday, Pelosi and her staff were spotted wearing masks again at the Capitol. Following a loosening of mask restrictions by the Capitol physician, many members have opted against masks in recent weeks.
Asked about her covid-positive staffer Tuesday, Pelosi said: "I'm sorry he has it. All the more reason for all of us to be vaccinated as he was. Wear a mask. Take every precaution."
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I did not know that reference. Thanks for that.
I really don’t know the specifics of the test but I have read that it means the test detected virus particles in the bloodstream, which can mean everything from you are about to die to you were exposed and your immune system successfully fought it off. So it means nothing really.
The tests are still the nasal swabs - they are supposed to show PRESENCE of the virus in the swab sample.
All these reports of Positive Test mean squat. The only useful stats are hospitalizations, extent of treatment(drugs, monoclonal antibodies), intubations, and deaths DUE TO pulmonary crisis.
But all we get are cases, cases, cases...
Time for that aide to give Pelosi a great big hug.
I'm starting to think that they're 95% effective at spreading variant D.
The good news keeps coming.
That is just it. I don’t get it either.
That person was fully vaccinated! How could that person get something he was fully vaccinated against? It’s impossible! /s
Oh, darn......
I think they are testing the wrong end of the body.. last I read the Delta showed up in wastewater treatment facilities across the state of Missouri in May.. near two months before parts of the state were being labeled ‘hot zones’.
rooting for the cytokines vs Mdme Pelosi
Quite right, and the testing protocol differs by whether or not you’re vaccinated apparently. The stats and standards and protocols have shifted so much over the course of this thing that they can’t be relied on for anything.
The most humorous possible outcome is having it revealed that most of those on the plane falsified their vaccinations.
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