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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsOopsy! Four Republican National Convention Attendees Test Positive for Coronavirus, Officials Say
Two attendees and two local support staff at the Republican National Convention in Charlotte tested positive for COVID-19, Mecklenburg County and GOP officials announced Friday.
The disclosures come after county health officials raised concerns about a lack of social distancing and mask wearing during the roll-call vote to renominate President Donald Trump for a second term on Monday despite strict health protocols that were supposed to be followed. The GOP is defending the safety procedures it had in place.
Local health officials said the county instructed those who were infected to isolate immediately, and people who came in close contact with them should also quarantine themselves. A county spokeswoman did not respond to questions on whether the orders were followed.
It is not clear how many people at the RNC might have been exposed to the coronavirus. Almost 800 people were tested by the local hospital systems for the event.
The disclosures come after county health officials raised concerns about a lack of social distancing and mask wearing during the roll-call vote to renominate President Donald Trump for a second term on Monday despite strict health protocols that were supposed to be followed. The GOP is defending the safety procedures it had in place.
Local health officials said the county instructed those who were infected to isolate immediately, and people who came in close contact with them should also quarantine themselves. A county spokeswoman did not respond to questions on whether the orders were followed.
It is not clear how many people at the RNC might have been exposed to the coronavirus. Almost 800 people were tested by the local hospital systems for the event.
https://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/coronavirus/article245322115.html
One thing I don't see in the article is how rapid the tests were. Did those people go to events for all 4 days. It seems that they did go to the events so couldn't have been the rapid tests the "president" gets. They really should have more information in this article.
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Oopsy! Four Republican National Convention Attendees Test Positive for Coronavirus, Officials Say (Original Post)
mucifer
Aug 2020
OP
Timewas
(2,195 posts)1. Good Start
Hopefully only the beginning
The Genealogist
(4,723 posts)2. Go to the Bund rally, get stupid prizes.
Wonder how many will end up getting sick?
colsohlibgal
(5,275 posts)3. More To Come Almost For Certain
Like the old 70s song, "More, More More".
Orange Dumb Criminal is thinning his own herd.