Pandemic 2020

Gridiron president says 53 people contracted COVID-19 after dinner
Gridiron President Tom DeFrank said on Friday that 53 individuals who attended the annual Gridiron Club dinner last Saturday had told the organization they tested positive for COVID-19.

The announcement comes a week after several high profile figures who attended the dinner said they tested positive for the virus.

Among those who tested positive include Vice President Harris’s Communications Director Jamal Simmons, Attorney General Merrick Garland, Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo, and Reps. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) and Joaquin Castro (D-Texas).

Other staffers and journalists who attended the dinner have also tested positive for the coronavirus.

“All guests at the Gridiron Club dinner were required to show proof of vaccination. We understand that some of our guests have reported positive tests since the dinner. We wish them a speedy recovery,” DeFrank previously told The Hill in a statement.

The dinner was also attended by other high-profile political figures such as Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, special presidential envoy John Kerry, Dr. Anthony Fauci, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Rochelle Walensky, White House press secretary Jen Psaki and Federal Reserve Chairman Jay Powell.

Positive COVID-19 tests have been commonplace this past week on Capitol Hill, regardless of attendance at the dinner.

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) tested positive for the virus along with Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine), who was on the Senate floor just hours before she announced her test result.

President Biden has not been considered a close contact of anyone with COVID-19 and has tested negative throughout the week.

Most individuals who have tested positive have had the COVID-19 vaccine and are experiencing mild or no symptoms.

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Gridiron president says 53 people contracted COVID-19 after dinner
Gridiron President Tom DeFrank said on Friday that 53 individuals who attended the annual Gridiron Club dinner last Saturday had told the organization they tested positive for COVID-19.

The announcement comes a week after several high profile figures who attended the dinner said they tested positive for the virus.

Among those who tested positive include Vice President Harris’s Communications Director Jamal Simmons, Attorney General Merrick Garland, Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo, and Reps. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) and Joaquin Castro (D-Texas).

Other staffers and journalists who attended the dinner have also tested positive for the coronavirus.

“All guests at the Gridiron Club dinner were required to show proof of vaccination. We understand that some of our guests have reported positive tests since the dinner. We wish them a speedy recovery,” DeFrank previously told The Hill in a statement.

The dinner was also attended by other high-profile political figures such as Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, special presidential envoy John Kerry, Dr. Anthony Fauci, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Rochelle Walensky, White House press secretary Jen Psaki and Federal Reserve Chairman Jay Powell.

Positive COVID-19 tests have been commonplace this past week on Capitol Hill, regardless of attendance at the dinner.

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) tested positive for the virus along with Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine), who was on the Senate floor just hours before she announced her test result.

President Biden has not been considered a close contact of anyone with COVID-19 and has tested negative throughout the week.

Most individuals who have tested positive have had the COVID-19 vaccine and are experiencing mild or no symptoms.

Gridiron president says 53 people contracted COVID-19 after dinner

Gridiron President Tom DeFrank said on Friday that 53 individuals who attended the annual Gridiron Club dinner last Saturday had told the organization they tested positive for COVID-19. The announc…

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We were told to take our masks off one month ago by Big Business.

captainmorgan said:

Risks of deep vein thrombosis, pulmonary embolism, and bleeding after covid-19: nationwide self-controlled cases series and matched cohort study

Objective To quantify the risk of deep vein thrombosis, pulmonary embolism, and bleeding after covid-19. Design Self-controlled case series and matched cohort study. Setting National registries in Sweden. Participants 1 057 174 people who tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 between 1 February 2020...

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Yes this is a circulatory disease that is transmitted via aerosol. What do you get when you combine a cold with ebola?

From the report Morgan posted, combining the incidences of all three risks, I get that on average, about 4 people per 1000 will suffer from deep vein thrombosis, pulmonary embolism, or bleeding after they contract Covid -- not just if they are infected but experience Covid symptoms. Overall is a tiny risk compared to everyday injuries. This risk should be a consideration but mostly this is a public health issue, not much of a personal risk for most people

Putting this in perspective, when people drive 15,000 miles, mean number of people injured in car accidents is about 40 per 1000. Yet people don't worry about that when they drive.

The ebola reference is histrionic. That said, I'm not taking my mask off. In fact, I recently shaved off my beard so that an N95 mask will protect me better. It's time for us to learn how to live with this virus. People with immune deficiency are much more highly at risk and are put into a terrible position now because most people aren't wearing even a cloth mask. It sucks and I do regret that the population can't be convinced to keep wearing masks and maintain social distancing. But that horse has left the barn and it's not coming back.

I haven't yet been infected with coronavirus and will do my best to keep it that way. Still, though, I have a life to live outside my home and am going to end my days of lockdown. It's been two years. No visits to the athletic center is causing more risk to me than coronavirus does. I figure I'll wear the n95 mask and start living a more normal life. Infection is inevitable. My strategy is to take extra precautions until I either get infected or medical science figures out how to protect people from long Covid diseases.

Fauci says it’s now up to Americans to assess their own COVID-19 risk


It's official, we're on are own.

Its finally over! time to PARTY!!

Very insightful, when you hide the data people won't know how bad it really is.

How come all these politicians like Nancy And Barack are getting covid and they don’t even have symptoms . It’s like they don’t care and they are the most powerful people and Barack always said if the rich and powerful are doing it you should. The politicians are testing ? Like who tests when you have no symptoms anymore. No one at my hospital has covid and as far as I am concerned it’s over because I haven’t seen a covid positive patient in like 3 weeks. But I still wear a mask and splash guard because it’s required.

Dr.Amber Trichome said:

Its finally over! time to PARTY!!

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No.

cannabineer said:

No.

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Yes

Dr.Amber Trichome said:

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No. I stay in. Because variant likely on horizon.

I know 7 people that have been ass raped by covid and they will never be the same, I'll be wearing a mask for the foreseeable future.

Four of them have varying degrees of brain damage.

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Four of them have varying degrees of brain damage.

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I prefer brain damage bottled in Speyside.

captainmorgan said:

Fauci says it’s now up to Americans to assess their own COVID-19 risk


It's official, we're on are own.

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i can't say i blame them, after two years of banging their heads against the wall of stupidity that trump built, two years of derision from morons on television, radio, and in congress, two years of death threats from retarded redneck morons and their karen wives, two years of whining like fucking spoiled, shitty, entitled children...i would have said "Fuck you all, do what the fuck ever you want." after a couple of weeks of that shit

Roger A. Shrubber said:

i can't say i blame them, after two years of banging their heads against the wall of stupidity that trump built, two years of derision from morons on television, radio, and in congress, two years of death threats from retarded redneck morons and their karen wives, two years of whining like fucking spoiled, shitty, entitled children...i would have said "Fuck you all, do what the fuck ever you want." after a couple of weeks of that shit

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The wise will heed the news, we all know what to do and have received a first class education in the subject. We will know when there are outbreaks, like we currently do and any new strains if one cares to look, there is no veil of secrecy. More masks would be nice to see in public, but they have to come off sometimes, though I still wear mine inside public places. If we care, we have access to quick tests and increasingly antiviral medications, if we do get sick and want to avoid getting stupid too.