Rep. Bob Latta becomes Congress' second breakthrough COVID case this week

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Source: CBS News

Ohio lawmaker Bob Latta announced Monday night that he tested positive for COVID-19, becoming the second reported breakthrough COVID-19 infection in Congress this week. The 65-year-old Republican lawmaker is at least the 13th fully vaccinated member of Congress to test positive for the virus this year.

"Recently, I was notified that someone I was around who was vaccinated tested positive for the coronavirus," Latta tweeted. "Even though I am fully vaccinated, to be cautious, I got tested because of the exposure. Today, I got the test results, and I did test positive for COVID-19."

Latta said he is not experiencing any symptoms, but is quarantining in accordance with CDC guidelines.

Earlier Monday, Representative Tim Ryan, an Ohio Democrat, said he had tested positive for the virus. Ryan tweeted that he was only experiencing "mild" symptoms.



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[mpcamb]

1. Oh. He's a republican... yeah. Rght!

[totodeinhere]

2. The virus doesn't care if you are a Democrat or a Republican.

The article also mentioned a Democratic member of Congress who got a breakthrough infection.

[Still Sensible]

3. I don't know how RWNJ this guy is, but it seems he's an

under the radar repug in these times filled with loudmouths. I hope his vax helps him and that he then tells his constituents how it did so.

When I was a child, his father Delbert Latta was our congressman in Northwest Ohio. Del seemed like a pretty typical Eisenhower repug of the time. I met Delbert Latta with my parents in his DC office on a family trip in 1964 and he gave us passes that allowed us to be in the House gallery for some of the debate over The Civil Rights Act. It was quite the "live" impression on me at just nine years old. BTW, my parents were Kennedy democrats. We were treated like welcome constituents, which is how politics was done in 1964, a bygone era indeed.

[mountain grammy]

6. Interesting story..

you got to see history being made. Thanks for sharing.

[blueinredohio]

5. He's my congress critter and it would be okay with me if he

was on a ventilator. Worthless piece of shit.