New York Democrat tests positive for COVID-19 in latest House breakthrough case

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New York Democrat tests positive for COVID-19 in latest House breakthrough case

Representative Joseph Morelle (DN.Y.) announced on Sunday that he had tested positive for COVID-19, becoming the latest groundbreaking case reported to the United States House of Representatives.

Morelle said he tested positive for the virus after experiencing mild symptoms, adding that his symptoms remain mild because he is fully vaccinated.

“After experiencing mild symptoms, I tested positive for COVID-19. I followed all of the Center for Disease Control and my doctor’s guidelines and will remain isolated until it is possible to resume. my official duties safely. Fortunately, I am fully vaccinated so my symptoms remain mild, “Morelle wrote in a tweet.

He also urged others to get vaccinated against COVID-19 to protect themselves from the “serious impacts” the virus can have, writing that his “experience could have been very different” without the vaccine.

I urge everyone to get vaccinated against COVID-19 to protect themselves – and our community – from the serious impacts this disease can have. If I hadn’t been vaccinated, my experience might have been quite different.

To find a vaccination site near you, please visit: https://t.co/TNgH63ZtwW.

– Joe Morelle (@RepJoeMorelle) September 12, 2021

Morelle is the seventh fully vaccinated House member to test positive for COVID-19 since July. Representatives Vern Buchanan (R-Fla.), Ralph Norman (RS.C.), Sharice Davids (D-Kan.), Troy Nehls (R-Texas), Mike Doyle (D-Pa.) And Darren Soto (D – Fla.) All reported positive tests.

Two House Republicans – Reps Clay Higgins (La.) And Barry Moore (Alabama) – also said they tested positive for COVID-19 this summer, but it is not clear whether they have been vaccinated.

Senators Lindsey Graham (RS.C.), Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), Angus King (I-Maine) and John Hickenlooper (D-Colo.) Have also said they have tested positive for COVID-19 in cases revolutionary.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has said that while groundbreaking cases in which fully vaccinated people test positive for COVID-19 are expected, inoculated people who test positive for the virus are less likely to develop disease. serious.

The majority of recent coronavirus hospitalizations and deaths in the United States have been in people who have not received the vaccine, illustrating the effectiveness of injections in protecting against serious illness.

The Capitol doctor reinstated the House mask mandate in July as the highly contagious delta variant spread across the United States