Washington Dem Rep. Self-Quarantines After Dining With Coronavirus Patient

Rep. Don Beyer (D-WA) announced on Tuesday that he will sequester himself in his home in Washington state after having dined with a friend who ended up testing positive for COVID-19.


This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=1296277

Rep. Beyer represents the 8th district of Virginia, not the state of Washington.

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This is just the beginning :confused:

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I think you mean VA, not WA, for Beyer.

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OK, @crismcabrera you’ve got him from Washington and Virginia.

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Per CNN:

Merkel believes 60-70% of Germany’s population will be infected.

Trump says all is good, and it’s contained.

True. It’s contained to the planet.

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I just read that MI has its first two cases. Gov. Whitmer announced it late last night. :slightly_frowning_face:

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And it has the story about many of the colleges going online for the rest of the semester.

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CNN Live Updates page is a pretty good.

This will makes big waves. Doctor in Washington State was told to stop testing!

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SOOO… how does this work?

What happens on votes?

People are reading this confused article thinking this guy is from Wa. St. and he’s not, he’s from Virginia.

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This is very important. College campuses and military bases are both major vectors for the spread of infectious diseases and COVID19 would go through them in a very short time.

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I’m speechless…

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This should sink them all. Unbelievable.

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Somehow, Matt Gaetz and Mark Meadows got tested even though they are not in any at-risk group and displayed no symptoms.

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Trump probably demands it of all his boot lickers.

And one thing that the public is overlooking; getting tested once doesn’t mean you can’t become infected the very next day.

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One way to make it “all good” is to not test. If you don’t test then your “numbers” don’t look so bad. For instance, in CA there were 3500+ people on the Grand Princess. They tested 45 of them and 21 came up positive. You’d think they’d be interested in testing a few more, especially those that are already symptomatic, but no.

Gene Qin of San Francisco, who was still aboard the Grand Princess Tuesday morning, said his 73-year-old wife Dianne has run a fever and been coughing since last Thursday. She has not been tested for coronavirus, much less given priority to leave the ship, he said.

The 1000 or so that they’ve sent to Travis AFB are also not being tested, they’re just taking their temperature every morning. I guess the only people they’re counting are the ones who must be hospitalized. Good way to keep the numbers down. Now, I wonder who is making these decisions? My guess is the Feds involved in moving these people around, not the State people.

Some passengers were not American and have been flown home. Those weren’t tested either. I guess that Canada and wherever can test them and count them in their numbers. Aren’t we clever?:confounded:

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WaPo

Two Trump allies got coronavirus tests despite lack of symptoms

And yet two symptomless lackeys are tested.

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