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Sen. John Fetterman tests positive for COVID-19
KDKA News ^ | 28 July A.D. 2024 | Staff

Posted on 07/28/2024 3:41:59 PM PDT by lightman

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) -- Sen. John Fetterman, of Pennsylvania, has tested positive for COVID-19 and is working from home, according to the senator's official account on X.

Fetterman posted a message to X on Sunday afternoon, saying he is "experiencing mild symptoms" and is "following the appropriate CDC guidance."

The full posting said, "After a busy week in D.C., I've tested positive for COVID-19 and am experiencing mild symptoms. I'm grateful to be fully vaccinated and will be working from home, following the appropriate CDC guidance."

Fetterman's health has been a focus on the political scene in the past. In 2022, while running for Senate, Fetterman suffered a stroke. A year later, he received care for clinical depression at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center. He was hospitalized there for six weeks.

In an interview in May 2023 with KDKA Political Editor Jon Delano, Fetterman attributed the depression not only to his stroke, but also to what he calls a brutal campaign for the Senate seat he eventually won.

"It was after the brutality of the campaign, the other side," Fetterman said. "Some people believe it was one of the most vicious political campaigns."

When he returned to the Senate in April of last year, he earned praise from lawmakers on both sides of the aisle for seeking the help he needed and encouraging others to do the same.

When asked on "CBS Mornings" what advice he'd give to others in a similar circumstance, Fetterman said, "get help — it works."

The Pennsylvania Democrat noted that he had been skeptical before he sought treatment, saying that he thought nothing would help.

"But it did. And it worked," he said.


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events; US: Pennsylvania
KEYWORDS: bohica; coupflu; covid; covid19; fetterman
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To: lightman
..."following the appropriate CDC guidance."

Why? That carp can kill ya.

21 posted on 07/28/2024 4:06:01 PM PDT by Libloather (Why do climate change hoax deniers live in mansions on the beach?)
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To: lightman
Quasimodo. Needs. More. Horse. Paste.

22 posted on 07/28/2024 4:06:46 PM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie (LORD, grant thy people grace to withstand the temptations of the world, the flesh, and the devil.)
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To: lightman

Ten more boosters and you are SUPERMAN!


23 posted on 07/28/2024 4:08:01 PM PDT by Mark (DONATE ONCE every 3 months-is that a big deal?)
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To: Empire_of_Liberty

Could be the jab caused the stroke. Was Biden sniffing him last week and spread the virus? Biden was back in the WH in 5 days so Fetterman shouldn’t be too cooped up too long.


24 posted on 07/28/2024 4:08:29 PM PDT by bgill
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To: Mark

Super Duper Superman!

Ja?


25 posted on 07/28/2024 4:11:11 PM PDT by lightman (I am a binary Trinitarian. Deal with it!)
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To: lightman
Do we really need to continue reporting positive COVID-19 tests?

I don't need to know every time a politician gets a cold.

-PJ

26 posted on 07/28/2024 4:11:16 PM PDT by Political Junkie Too ( * LAAP = Left-wing Activist Agitprop Press (formerly known as the MSM))
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To: MinorityRepublican
Wait a minute, the civet is the creature that eats coffee cherries and the local farmers gather the fecal material and get the coffee beans to dry and roast for the most expensive coffee on the planet.   So now we find out that is where SARs came from.   I sure am glad that I have never had one sip of coffee in my 71 years of life.
Although kopi luwak is a form of processing rather than a variety of coffee, it has been called one of the most expensive coffees in the world, with retail prices reaching US$100 per kilogram for farmed beans and US$1,300 per kilogram for wild-collected beans.[9] Another epithet given to it is that it is the "Holy Grail of coffees."[10]
Drink up Moca Java fans!

Somebody tried to trick me into tasting tiramisu, but I smelled the vile stuff first.

27 posted on 07/28/2024 4:17:38 PM PDT by higgmeister (In the Shadow of The Big Chicken! )
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To: lightman

Another Plaxovid customer. Make sure his squeeze gets him some York Peppermint Patties.


28 posted on 07/28/2024 4:22:48 PM PDT by Shady (The Force of Liberty must prevail for the sake of our Children and Grandchildren...)
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To: Jonny7797

STOP IT. It is NOT a “cold..” I’ve had it three times and it is totally different. Fauxi, someday, will pay.


29 posted on 07/28/2024 4:25:38 PM PDT by Shady (The Force of Liberty must prevail for the sake of our Children and Grandchildren...)
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To: MinorityRepublican

It was “engineered…” that’s why it murdered three plus million people!


30 posted on 07/28/2024 4:27:08 PM PDT by Shady (The Force of Liberty must prevail for the sake of our Children and Grandchildren...)
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To: lightman

Bull!


31 posted on 07/28/2024 4:36:21 PM PDT by dljordan (What would Michael Collins do?)
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To: Shady

It was supposed to be the Final Solution for the Social Security “crisis”.


32 posted on 07/28/2024 4:37:00 PM PDT by lightman (I am a binary Trinitarian. Deal with it!)
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To: lightman

Biden tested positive then resigned his campaign.

I bet Fetterman is too pro-Israel for Kamala Hamas, so he might get resigned as well.


33 posted on 07/28/2024 4:37:25 PM PDT by fishtank (The denial of original sin is the root of liberalism.)
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To: lightman

Interesting timing...

Still think he’ll be Deep State’s pick for veep...


34 posted on 07/28/2024 4:40:38 PM PDT by mewzilla (Never give up; never surrender!)
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To: lightman

I don’t understand why they keep announcing when someone has this.


35 posted on 07/28/2024 4:44:58 PM PDT by roving (Deplorable Erectionists Listless Vessel )
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To: lightman

I might test positive too, should I ever bother to take a test.
Democrats just can’t let it go.


36 posted on 07/28/2024 4:56:50 PM PDT by Buck-Toothed Knuckle Dragger
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To: roving
Simple.

Notice that it is only Democrats who are obsessively "testing" and "testing positive."

37 posted on 07/28/2024 4:57:59 PM PDT by lightman (I am a binary Trinitarian. Deal with it!)
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To: lightman

I had a hangnail last week.


38 posted on 07/28/2024 5:03:54 PM PDT by GSWarrior (Don’t ever tell me “it can’t happen here.”)
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To: lightman

Well, it did take a lot of people out.


39 posted on 07/28/2024 5:14:04 PM PDT by Shady (The Force of Liberty must prevail for the sake of our Children and Grandchildren...)
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To: Shady
Invent a disease and treat it differently than the flu and SHAZAM, there's a fortune to be made!

.

Flu Has Disappeared for More Than a Year


40 posted on 07/28/2024 5:47:43 PM PDT by Karl Spooner
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