LAS VEGAS – President Biden has tested positive for the coronavirus and is experiencing mild symptoms, including a cough, runny nose and “general malaise,” the White House said Wednesday.
Biden has canceled his planned events in Las Vegas and has departed en route to Delaware. He plans to isolate there while continuing to work, White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said in a statement.
“He will be returning to Delaware where he will self-isolate and will continue to carry out all of his duties fully during that time,” she said. “The White House will provide regular updates on the President’s status as he continues to carry out the full duties of the office while in isolation.”
Relaying a statement from Biden’s doctor, the White House said that the president’s symptoms began Wednesday afternoon.
“He felt okay for his first event of the day, but given that he was not feeling better, point of care testing for COVID-19 was conducted, and the results were positive for the COVID-19 virus,” the statement said, adding that Biden’s vitals appeared normal.
Biden has taken his first dose of Paxlovid, the doctor said.
“I feel good,” Biden told reporters before boarding Air Force One. He was not wearing a mask.
Biden had been scheduled to speak Wednesday at a conference for UnidosUS, a leading Hispanic civil rights group.
The speech was set to begin at 1:30 p.m. local time, but Biden had been running more than an hour late when the group’s president, Janet Murguía, told attendees he had called to say he would not be able to make it.
Biden also had to cancel a planned campaign stop scheduled for later Wednesday.
Earlier in the day, Biden had visited a local restaurant to tape an interview with Univision.
Biden was seen taking selfies with patrons before the interview.
Biden’s illness comes as a covid summer wave washes over much of the United States. Coronavirus levels in wastewater were considered high or very high in 26 states, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported last Thursday.
The CDC no longer collects comprehensive covid hospital admissions data. But the virus is becoming more prevalent in emergency departments, with the percentage of visits involving covid cases rising in recent weeks to 1.5 percent, the highest since February.
The bulk of new cases are caused by new variants, known as FLiRT and LB.1. The new variants are more effective than their predecessors at infecting people who have some immunity from previous infections or vaccination.
The CDC now advises people with covid to isolate until their overall symptoms have improved and they have been fever-free for 24 hours without the use of fever-reducing medication. The agency also advises precautions such as wearing masks and improving air circulation for an additional five days.
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And i have some bridges to sell
First of all, this concocted report is for those who still fall for the Convid virus and would even run for safe & effective jabs.
Secondly, what legal excuse can they give if the head director controlling Biden’s scripts is not ready?
Trump Offers to Direct Independent Review of the COVID Attack Against Biden, Says He’ll Address the Nation From Mar-a-Lago Wednesday Night
Donald Trump spoke Tuesday about the COVID attack that targeted President Biden, saying he is directing an independent review of the preventative medical security procedures at the White House to determine what went wrong. The former president said he will speak to the nation further from his Mar-a-Lago resort Wednesday night.
“COVID appears to be a lone wolf attacker, who’s successfully targeted millions of Americans over the last several years,” said Melvin Vaxowitz, chief medical security chief at the National Medical Secutity Agency. “But it will be some time until we can conclusively say that this was indeed a lone wolf virus attack.”
Officials at the National Medical Secutity Agency told reporters on Tuesday that a laptop belonging to COVID has been seized, but so far, no threats issued against the President have been found on the laptop, or on any of the medical social media sites online.
Medical security officials say that COVID appears to be of sound mind, and that a motive for the attack has yet to be discovered.
Mr. Vaxowitz told reporters that, “There’s only so long, and so many places that COVID can hide, and it won’t be long before we locate this hideous attacker.”
A former acquaintance of COVID, a virus of unknown origin, who attended classes together with the attacker at the Wuhan National Laboratory in China, told reporters that COVID was a loner who was bullied by many of the other viruses in the lab.
Another former classmate at the lab told medical authorities that COVID attempted to join the notorious Chinese ‘Pathogen and Biohazard Club’ but was not invited back because he was “an extremely bad dude who was despised and feared even among the most brutal of the pathogens in the infamous club.”
Chickenpox, a former high school classmate of COVID, told Fox News that he learned that COVID had attacked the President through word of mouth.
“My fellow virus-mates and I were saying, Wow, this is insane,” he said.
“I mean, I never suspected that a former classmate and virus-mate of mine would attack the President of the United States!” Chickenpox said. “It’s scary just thinking that this highly contagious pathogen sat right next to me in class. I mean, I’m fully vaccinated, but you never know.”
“Truth be told, I’ve been know to inadvertently infect people who’ve received the Chickenpox vaccines,” Mr. Chickenpox said, “and I’m not proud of it, but ultimately, when I infect someone, for the most part, the victim will experience an extreme itchy feeling. That’s about it.”
Doctor Jill should immediately administer Remdesivir to our commander in chief. Dr. Fauci and Rachel Walensky sanctimoniously lectured us that it was safe and effective safe and effective safe and effective. I’m very disappointed that he was NOT wearing a disposable mask as he got off Air Force one and entered his helicopter to whisk him away to his Delaware basement. We all saw the video. Such a reckless rodef. Vinishmartem is not some laughing matter. I hope he can battle this deadly disease and come out victorious. I’m very concerned.
MSNBC says if Joe Biden recovers from covid and its treatment, it should be seen as a sign of strength, similar to Donald Trump surviving an assassination attempt. They really said this. Live. On air.