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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez tests positive for COVID-19
2022-01-10
[CBS] Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has tested positive for COVID-19, her office said in a statement on Sunday.

"She is experiencing symptoms and recovering at home," the statement said. "The Congresswoman received her booster this fall and encourages everyone to get their booster and follow CDC guidelines."

The CDC recommends that Americans who test positive for COVID-19 and develop symptoms isolate for at least five full days. After those five days, the CDC says that people can stop isolating if they are "fever-free for 24 hours without the use of fever-reducing medication and your other symptoms have improved."
Give her a Donkey De-Wormer?

Posted by:Besoeker

#19  Boy - that Covid-19 must have been really drunk.
Posted by: CrazyFool   2022-01-10 22:14  

#18  HahahahahahahahahHa!
Posted by: 49 Pan   2022-01-10 21:10  

#17  It's DeSantis' fault for not mandating masks and vaccinations.
Posted by: Deacon Blues   2022-01-10 16:57  

#16  They were Drag Queens, so...
Posted by: swksvolFF   2022-01-10 16:38  

#15  Is this deSantis' fault for trying to date her?
Posted by: Cleting Closh2157   2022-01-10 15:48  

#14  #13 sweeps in late with a Snark O' The Day candidate!
Posted by: Frank G   2022-01-10 15:11  

#13  They are now counting chlamydia as covid?

Snark O'The Day

Posted by: Woodrow   2022-01-10 14:57  

#12  Cerebral atrophy is quite obviously not a concern.
Posted by: Besoeker   2022-01-10 14:26  

#11  And if she didn't test positive, she would have to.
Posted by: swksvolFF   2022-01-10 13:11  

#10  So? COVID-19 was able to get a date?
Posted by: AlmostAnonymous5839   2022-01-10 13:09  

#9  ^ oops, 'twas I
Kojo don't stick his turkeyneck for jus' anybody
Posted by: Merrick Ferret   2022-01-10 08:57  

#8  Hope Final Daughter is well, tw
Posted by: Kojo Turkeyneck1295   2022-01-10 08:56  

#7  Intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG), Merrick dear.

Ask and ye shall receive. ;-)
Posted by: trailing wife   2022-01-10 08:40  

#6  Anytime, mefella me lad.

btw... "IVIG" = ?
Posted by: Merrick Ferret   2022-01-10 06:46  

#5  ^ Ha! Only way I could've smiled more reading that is if I'd been reading it aloud to me sainted mither (who always had a soft spot for MGH). Ditto the IVIG thread a while back. Thanks.
Posted by: Phavimble Pholurong2922   2022-01-10 06:39  

#4  Re-post ... these are authentic notes from a call a couple days ago with Edward Ryan MD, Director of International Infectious Disease at Massachusetts General Hospital:

AUTHOR: boriqua gato, on substack

TITLE: Yes, omicron is mild. The WHO are lying yet again when they claim otherwise

Dr. Edward Ryan of Mass General:

1 Close to 100% of the positive cases in MA are Omicron. Delta is almost completely gone from New England.

2 This surge will peak sometime between 1/10 and 1/21 and then begin a quick downhill journey of two to four weeks.

3 We will end up with a 20-50% positivity rate.

4 February will be clean up mode, March will begin to return to "normal"

5 Omicron lives in your nose and upper respiratory area which is what makes it so contagious. It isn't able to bond with your lungs like the other variants.

6 The increased hospitalizations should be taken with a grain of salt as most of them are secondary admissions (i.e. people coming in for surgery, broken bones, etc. who are tested for COVID)

7 We won't need a booster for omicron because they wouldn't be able to develop one before it's completely gone and we're all going to get it which will give us the immunity we need to get through it.

8 COVID will join the 4 other coronaviruses we deal with that cause the common cold, upper respiratory infections, RSV, etc. It will become a pediatric disease mainly affecting young children with no immunity.

9 40% of those infected will be asymptomatic

10 Rapid tests are 50-80% sensitive to those with symptoms, only 30-60% sensitive to those without symptoms

11 Contact tracing is worthless because we're all going to get it and there's no way we could keep up with it.

12 We are fighting the last war with COVID and should be pivoting back to normal life, but society isn't quite ready for it yet.

13 There is no need to stay home from work or to be a hermit unless you're immunocompromised or 85 or older, but he does recommend staying away from large gatherings for the next six weeks.

14 Spring/Summer will be really nice
Posted by: Merrick Ferret   2022-01-10 06:10  

#3  "Booster" = boosts your chances of getting the disease

What a complete and utter shitshow. A perfect ending to this black farce will be when every one of these sinister clowns gets omicron - Brandon Magoo, Kackles the Clown, Flying Walensky, Da Ferret, Wide Latina and of course St Anthony the Small Himself.
Posted by: Merrick Ferret   2022-01-10 06:05  

#2  Transvestite variant.
Posted by: Blackbeard Barnsmell6454   2022-01-10 05:56  

#1  "Happy New Year everyone 🎊🪅 may we all enjoy a meaningful, healthy, and blessed year to come." AOC on Jan 1.
Posted by: Blackbeard Barnsmell6454   2022-01-10 05:51  

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