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suegeo

(2,808 posts)
Tue Nov 17, 2020, 11:22 AM Nov 2020

Sen. Chuck Grassley, 87, exposed to Covid-19


https://www.cnn.com/2020/11/17/politics/chuck-grassley-covid-19-senate-congress/index.html]


Washinton (CNN)Republican Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa was exposed to Covid-19 and will immediately quarantine, according to a statement from his office Tuesday morning.

Grassley, who as president pro tempore is the most senior Republican in the chamber, is 87-years-old, putting him at a vulnerable age for contracting the virus.
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Sen. Chuck Grassley, 87, exposed to Covid-19 (Original Post) suegeo Nov 2020 OP
oh well llashram Nov 2020 #1
Sucks to be Chuck agingdem Nov 2020 #3
big time llashram Nov 2020 #4
I guess we all have to die from something, JenniferJuniper Nov 2020 #2
I do not wish the man any illness leftieNanner Nov 2020 #5
I am right there with you on this icwlmuscyia Nov 2020 #7
He has killed many by standing with Trump kansasobama Nov 2020 #6
It is what it is. progressoid Nov 2020 #8
Good I hope he gives it to the Devil . stonecutter357 Nov 2020 #9

leftieNanner

(15,673 posts)
5. I do not wish the man any illness
Tue Nov 17, 2020, 11:29 AM
Nov 2020

But until one of these high profile people ends up on a ventilator, folks just won't take the virus seriously.

icwlmuscyia

(296 posts)
7. I am right there with you on this
Tue Nov 17, 2020, 11:53 AM
Nov 2020

Maybe by being the poster boy for what covid can do, Chuck can finally do something for Iowans.

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