AG Garland, Com. Sec Gina Raimondo latest attendees of Washington dinner to test positive for COVID

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WASHINGTON - A night of light-hearted political satire is increasingly yielding newfound anxiety among political elites, as a growing number of attendees report positive COVID test results.

The annual Gridiron Dinner, which attracts a wide swath of government officials and journalists, is being eyed as a potential source for the mounting number of positive tests for the coronavirus.

Attorney General Merrick Garland and Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo were the latest to disclose positive tests after attending the Saturday night dinner at the downtown Renaissance Hotel in Washington, D.C.

Vice President Kamala Harris' communications director Jamal Simmons, who is listed among the attendees in the dinner's program, also tested positive on Wednesday. Harris was in close contact with Simmons and will follow CDC guidance for close contacts but maintain her public schedule, according to her office.

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1. Wonder how

many have gotten Covid from all those basketball games in recent weeks.

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2. We had a special board meeting of the group we sing with about masking the rest of this season.

I'm one of the most recently immune compromised in the group due to just coming out of cancer treatment. We have a pediatric specialist and an epidemiologist on our board who were really pushing for continued masking. We decided for now, if singing due to particle spread projection, even though we're 6' apart, masks will be required. If we're just conversing or sitting but still socially distant, masks will be optional. The decision will still need to be made when we perform, but I'm wearing a mask. We'll all be shoulder to shoulder. Both drs. said we have no idea what the picture will be 6 wks down the road, but they are preparing in their offices for a spike. The director was really pushing for no masks, but we kept pointing out to him that it only takes one of us to spread it to other people, maybe an entire voice section, then he couldn't have a concert. After all, it's spring break season....