The Democratic convention's surprise guest: Covid
Source: NBC News
Aug. 26, 2024, 5:00 PM EDT
CHICAGO They came hoping for Beyoncé. They left with Covid. Fresh off of a jam-packed week of Democratic National Convention events, reports of attendees testing positive for Covid are rolling in.
They include members of Vice President Kamala Harris campaign staff, who are now contending with sickness from Covid, according to two sources close to the campaign with knowledge of the cases. There is at least some concern the developments could affect staffing at events this week, they added.
One of the sources said that so far, the aides' symptoms theyve heard about have been mild, and a third person close to the campaign said there was no concern about staffing the events. Since the convention wrapped up Thursday, various attendees and reporters have posted photos of positive Covid results.
You put 20,000 people in an 18,000-person building, its bound to happen, said Jaimey Sexton, a Chicago political consultant who attended the convention and was involved in multiple related events. Sexton said he knew of people who now have Covid from the convention and has heard of even more anecdotally. You could ask anybody who was planning an event, they know somebody who has Covid, he said.
Read more: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-election/democratic-national-convention-surprise-guest-covid-kamala-harris-rcna168298
elleng
(134,701 posts)Includes Mary Trump.
COULD result in real damage, hamper 'Do something.'
Lemon Lyman
(1,439 posts)Please keep everybody, especially Kamala & Tim, healthy. I wish they'd go back to safety protocols like masking around them.
Obviously, their health is the most important thing. But optically I don't want either of them looking sick during debates & such either. Unfortunately, optics matter. Of course it only applies to our side.
Think. Again.
(15,404 posts)Hope22
(2,375 posts)I know four seniors who didnt even go to the convention that have Covid right now. I have to take someone to the hospital for a procedure today so I will be wearing a mask
.again.
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JT45242
(2,660 posts)With back to school, it will likely rise again.
Both my younger son and one of his friends at another college both caught covid during either band camp or freshman week activities.
Hopefully, the new booster will be available soon.
People act like covid is gone, but the new strain seems to knock people on their butts pretty hard
pharmacy or wherever you get your shots. The new vaccine is now available.
twodogsbarking
(11,631 posts)Blues Heron
(6,079 posts)not really
Deep State Witch
(11,004 posts)At the convention seemed to be pretty minimal. I'm not surprised.
Bayard
(23,541 posts)On how many people at the rethuglican convention went home with Covid? You know, those people who refuse to be vaccinated.
RubyRose
(205 posts)Pluvious
(4,666 posts)Hopefully everyone had their boosters up to date
After four years since recovering from Covid, I recently let my guard down and attended an outdoor concert
Last booster had been nine months
Thanks to my crapy genes, I'm still recovering six weeks later, the first two was hell
After much thought, I have come to suspect it might have got me in the always busy, poorly ventilated, restroom
The current strain is very contagious, and for some, not just "mild"
FakeNoose
(34,704 posts)She says very few people wore masks at the convention. She did and still got exposed.
Not good.
https://www.democraticunderground.com/1016384302
Skittles
(156,946 posts)ya know?
IbogaProject
(3,315 posts)I bet Mike Lindel, aka Mr Pillow and any other GOP convention crashers are the source of that outbreak. The GOP is against Masks, against Vaccines, and against testing, so I blame each and every GOP member and any and all of their supporters.
womanofthehills
(9,104 posts)I was at a dollar store today in my very small town. I was masked. The guy checking out in front of me tells the cashier- I was sick with covid all week- Glad I was masked but the masked are getting it.
IbogaProject
(3,315 posts)The surgical masks dont work against COVID. Its annoying as the better masks are harder to breathe through.
Skittles
(156,946 posts)make no mistake, plenty of progressives get Covid - even during the worst of it, DUers would post I USUALLY MASK, EXCEPT FOR THE WEDDING I ATTENDED