Lindsey's got the breakthrough 'rona.

[George K]

https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/565969-graham-says-he-has-covid-19-breakthrough-infection

.Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) said on Monday that he had tested positive for the coronavirus, even though he was fully vaccinated.

“I was just informed by the House physician I have tested positive for COVID-19 even after being vaccinated,” he said.

“I started having flu-like symptoms Saturday night and went to the doctor this morning. I feel like I have a sinus infection and at present time I have mild symptoms. I will be quarantining for ten days,” he added.

Graham was one of 17 GOP senators who have been helping advance a bipartisan infrastructure bill, meaning its supporters will be down a vote until he comes out of quarantine. They only need 10 GOP senators to support it if every Democrat does.

Graham is the first senator known to test positive for the coronavirus in months, and the first known "breakthrough" case among vaccinated senators. A CNN survey earlier this year found that only four out of 100 senators, at the time, were not vaccinated.

Graham's announcement comes amid growing public concern about the potential for so-called breakthrough cases, or when a fully vaccinated person tests positive for the coronavirus.

[Doctor Phibes]

Shit's getting real.

[Copper]

@george-k said in Lindsey's got the breakthrough 'rona.:

A CNN survey earlier this year found that only four out of 100 senators, at the time, were not vaccinated.

Were these the 4 that did not respond to the cnn poll?
And cnn assumed a no response indicates no vaccine.

[George K]

@george-k said in Lindsey's got the breakthrough 'rona.:

A CNN survey earlier this year

Was it in January or July?

[Aqua Letifer]

Public health officials have stressed that symptomatic breakthrough infections for fully vaccinated individuals are rare

Uh...

[LuFins Dad]

@doctor-phibes said in Lindsey's got the breakthrough 'rona.:

Shit's getting real.

I thought it got real 18 months ago? No way we're not at least partially shut down this fall.

By the way... The reason people are discounting the CDC guidance? Because the CDC guidance keeps turning up to be pretty crappy. The Nate Silver twitter thread is a perfect example. Nate defends the CDC numbers, but later on you find out that the Israeli numbers are coming back FAAAARRRRR lower than the CDC claimed on breakthroughs...

[LuFins Dad]

@aqua-letifer said in Lindsey's got the breakthrough 'rona.:

Uh...

Rare is a wonderful word. It's sort of similar to "like"...

[Jolly]

@aqua-letifer said in Lindsey's got the breakthrough 'rona.:

Public health officials have stressed that symptomatic breakthrough infections for fully vaccinated individuals are rare

Uh...

The God of Fauci farts not sooth.

[George K]

https://campaignfixer.com

[Jolly]

Classy...

[Horace]

Socially acceptable progressive white woman ideology. I bet her friends think she's edgy.

[Catseye3]

@horace You can call it that. I call it nasty mean-mindedness -- especially with that smirk.

[Horace]

@catseye3 said in Lindsey's got the breakthrough 'rona.:

@horace You can call it that. I call it nasty mean-mindedness -- especially with that smirk.

That "smirk" indicates self confidence and a willingness to "lean in" to the American old white republican male patriarchy.

[Doctor Phibes]

WTF is wrong with people?

[Copper]

You go girl!

[Catseye3]

@copper said in Lindsey's got the breakthrough 'rona.:

You go girl!

Which girl, her or me?

[jon-nyc]

@doctor-phibes said in Lindsey's got the breakthrough 'rona.:

WTF is wrong with people?

In Graham’s case, Covid.

[Larry]

One of the regular WTF members recently said the same exact thing about Trump. That she had hoped he would have died when he came down with covid.

[jon-nyc]

God doesn’t love us that much.

[Jolly]

Of course He loves us. Apparently He found Trump favorable...