HHS secretary Xavier Becerra tests positive for COVID-19 again

[Eugene]

Source: Associated Press

HHS secretary Becerra tests positive for COVID-19 again

By The Associated Press
June 13, 2022

President Joe Biden’s top health official has again tested positive for COVID-19, less than a month after he came down with virus symptoms while on a trip to Germany.

U.S. Health Secretary Xavier Becerra woke up with symptoms again Monday morning and tested positive afterward, spokeswoman Sarah Lovenheim said.

His symptoms are mild and he is isolating in Sacramento, California. Lovenheim said Becerra had been in California for a “personal commitment.”

A statement from HHS said the secretary was not believed to be a close contact of Biden or Vice President Kamala Harris, who also tested positive earlier this spring.

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Read more: https://apnews.com/article/biden-covid-health-germany-xavier-becerra-bf13e1eeddc3eb5a5f6b422e277edb28

[BigmanPigman]

1. It seems like a lot of those who are getting reinfected

had it only a month ago. I wonder if it doesn't go completely away after the initial one.

[Zeitghost]

3. IIRC

There was a link between taking anti-virals and the short term reinfection/relapse. It would not surprise me if Becerra was prescribed an anti-viral.

[Just A Box Of Rain]

2. And yet we have no mask mandates and people are acting as if the pandemic is over.

I don't get it.

[Hugin]

4. This is the...

YOYO (you’re on your own) wave made possible by the GrOPpers not passing the latest round of COVID money.

To be followed by the FAFO (I think you can figure it out) wave this coming Fall.

[Just A Box Of Rain]

5. I (very happily) live in a City, County, and State with

complete Democratic control.

And basic Covid precautions, like mask mandates, are out the window. As cases skyrocket.

I think that the current public health policy around Covid is unwise.

[Hugin]

8. I agree 100%.

Due to the vulnerabilities of co-habitants and myself, we’re still in full protocols which is still highly recommended all over the CDC website.

I have gotten tired of shouting into the wind about the whole situation. As per my calling this the YOYO wave.

[liberal_mama]

6. Geez, I wonder what kind of a mask he was wearing, if any at all

Reinfected after a month?

[Nevilledog]

7. Trudeau tested positive also