Lindsey Graham Has COVID-19, Says Symptoms Would Be 'Far Worse' if He Wasn't Vaccinated
Source: Newsweek
Senator Lindsey Graham has tested positive for COVID-19 and said he would likely feel much worse if he had not been vaccinated against the virus.
Breakthrough cases of COVID-19, where a vaccinated person contracts the virus, are rare and even if a person gets sick, they're far less likely to be hospitalized or die. In confirming his diagnosis, Graham expressed gratitude that he had been vaccinated because if he hadn't he believes his symptoms would be "far worse."
"I am very glad I was vaccinated because without vaccination I am certain I would not feel as well as I do now," Graham said in a tweet.
The senator from South Carolina said he started having flu-like symptoms on Saturday night and went to the doctor on Monday morning, where he tested positive. He described his symptoms as "mild" and likened it to how it feels when a person has a sinus infection.
Read more: https://www.newsweek.com/lindsey-graham-has-covid-19-says-symptoms-would-far-worse-if-he-wasnt-vaccinated-1615434
Literally just heard this as a breaking news on my local news radio station (CBS affiliate).
Link to tweet
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@LindseyGrahamSC
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Aug 2, 2021
I was just informed by the House physician I have tested positive for #COVID19 even after being vaccinated.
I started having flu-like symptoms Saturday night and went to the doctor this morning.
Lindsey Graham
@LindseyGrahamSC
I feel like I have a sinus infection and at present time I have mild symptoms.
I will be quarantining for ten days.
I am very glad I was vaccinated because without vaccination I am certain I would not feel as well as I do now.
My symptoms would be far worse.
3:04 PM · Aug 2, 2021
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zuul
(14,628 posts)lastlib
(23,268 posts)Fixed the headline........
(GMTA! )
AZ8theist
(5,487 posts)getagrip_already
(14,822 posts)And socializing with his friends all day saturday.
oldsoftie
(12,584 posts)NurseJackie
(42,862 posts)Amen.
GB_RN
(2,372 posts)If the worst happened, his replacement would be named by SC's Governor Henry McMaster, who's a real, Reichwing Nutjob. So, we'd really end up getting the shorter end of the stick, by having McMaster appoint someone even worse than Lindsey.
rambler_american
(789 posts)sounds like some kind of oxymoron.
TlalocW
(15,388 posts)I hope it gets worse for him.
TlalocW
jimfields33
(15,923 posts)Crowman2009
(2,499 posts)Now you're gonna by primaried by someone who is even more of a right-wing dingbat.
Slammer
(714 posts)From your mouth to the GQP's bank account....
jimfields33
(15,923 posts)oldsoftie
(12,584 posts)2naSalit
(86,764 posts)Though I am disappointed that it's not likely to kill him, he has to quarantine for ten days which means he'll miss a few votes. Senate doesn't have proxy voting like the House does, you're there to vote or you're not and don't vote. If he ends up with long covid, he might miss a bunch of votes.
Since the delta var. has an infection/incubation period of four days, he didn't get it at the party on Saturday, he picked it up Tuesday or Wednesday. Who was he with then?
I think that we are only half way through this pandemic, if we're lucky.
cannabis_flower
(3,765 posts)for 10 days or so. The people who have long Covid are still contagious.
2naSalit
(86,764 posts)Is wishful thinking, he can't go back to the Hill until he tests negative so...
Bleacher Creature
(11,257 posts)That said, Republicans haven't exactly set a high bar.
H2O Man
(73,590 posts)I can't stand him, either. But I don't wish this disease on anyone. And although it is the responsible thing to do, and I give him no credit for doing so, I am glad that he has been honest for a change.
Skittles
(153,174 posts)a lot of those repuke assholes won't mention vaccination
LastLiberal in PalmSprings
(12,590 posts)Otherwise, it's just a story with a fortuitous ending.
Call a hearing. Get Dr. Fauci to testify. Support his conclusions.
Do everything you can, Lindsey, to get your state vaccinated. Then you would be a senator worthy of keeping the title.
BamaRefugee
(3,487 posts)msongs
(67,433 posts)Mr.Bill
(24,312 posts)Graham tests positive for Covid - says it's harmless.
BumRushDaShow
(129,354 posts)so I donned the biohazard suit and saw this headline -
(am not even going to link to it but the article was short (so far) and was basically a reiteration of his tweet )
TexasTowelie
(112,364 posts)BumRushDaShow
(129,354 posts)I was right behind this guy and next in line (he had dared set foot on Newsmax) -
Upthevibe
(8,068 posts)Warpy
(111,327 posts)and he's right, he'd probably be going to the boneyard without the vax.
Speaking out about it might be his finest hour.
Fritz Walter
(4,291 posts)...to the families of the 600,000+ Americans who lost their lives due to the inept ministrations of TFG.
George II
(67,782 posts)2naSalit
(86,764 posts)Maybe he will need to stay home longer...
And where was he during the middle of the week, which is when he likely got it, and with whom? Contact tracing should be interesting on this one.
GregariousGroundhog
(7,525 posts)I couldn't use my state's dashboard to further sort by alpha vs delta or vaccination status, but since the beginning of the pandemic, 10% of people age 60-69 who became infected were hospitalized and 2% died.
Odds are that Lindsay is right when he says he would feel a lot worse if he were not vaccinated.
BumRushDaShow
(129,354 posts)So I think it remains to be seen what the actual hospitalization/death rates are going to be in the unvaccinated (although just looking at what is happening in FL at the moment, might be a clue, given they have surpassed their previous record case rates).
BradAllison
(1,879 posts)He got jealous watching his fellow milquetoasts Susan, Mitt and Rob pretending to be reasonable last Wednesday and wants back in the cocktail circle. Fuck him.
elleng
(131,067 posts)Bengus81
(6,932 posts)Then they do their shows and kowtow to their brain dead base who refuse to get vaccinated.
wnylib
(21,564 posts)I sure hope that Biden, Harris, Pelosi, and Schumer are being careful about whom they meet and/or dine with.
BumRushDaShow
(129,354 posts)both the WH and the U.S. House re-implemented mandates for the masking protocols - https://www.npr.org/2021/07/28/1021544722/masks-to-return-to-the-u-s-house-and-white-house-after-the-cdc-changes-guidance
The Senate was still at "strongly recommended" - https://www.rollcall.com/2021/07/28/mask-mandates-return-to-the-capitol-white-house/
That was as of last week.
Now with a Senator in quarantine, the contact tracing is going to have to happen and I wouldn't be surprised if they mandate in the Senate as well - I expect it being "recommended" vs what happened with the House was probably due to the fact that the House has so many more members (basically 4 times as many) than the Senate and the "technical" criteria of CDC's initial pronouncement was for recommending "indoor masking in areas of substantial or high" spread, which might not have been considered the "literal" case in the Senate at the time.
monkeyman1
(5,109 posts)mchill
(1,018 posts)This last weekend. Other politicians there.
Democrats?
And he was already shedding so that means he got it about four days before that, like Wednesday. He may have passed it on to whomever was at Manchin's thing. And several were Dems.
marble falls
(57,154 posts)area51
(11,919 posts)Comfortably_Numb
(3,811 posts)Evolve Dammit
(16,757 posts)turbinetree
(24,710 posts)I feel like I have a sinus infection and at present time I have mild symptoms.
I will be quarantining for ten days.
I am very glad I was vaccinated because without vaccination I am certain I would not feel as well as I do now.
My symptoms would be far worse.
No shit Sherlock you could be lying on your back in a hospital with tube inserted down into your lungs....trying to breath....
turbinetree
(24,710 posts)I feel like I have a sinus infection and at present time I have mild symptoms.
I will be quarantining for ten days.
I am very glad I was vaccinated because without vaccination I am certain I would not feel as well as I do now.
My symptoms would be far worse.
No shit Sherlock you could be lying on your back in a hospital with tube inserted down into your lungs....trying to breath....
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twodogsbarking
(9,791 posts)until death do us part.