Rep. Rodney Davis diagnosed with Covid days after warning lawmakers about safety
Source: Politico
Days after delivering a presentation on office safety in dealing with Covid-19, Illinois Congressman Rodney Davis, the top Republican on the House Administration Committee, announced he has tested positive for the virus.
In a letter posted on his website, Davis said he tested positive Wednesday morning. He submitted to the test after one of his twice-daily temperature checks “clocked in at 99 degrees Fahrenheit, which is higher than normal for me,” he wrote.
“Because of the high temperature, my wife and I received a test this morning. While my test came back positive, my wife’s test came back negative. My staff who I’ve worked with in-person this week have received negative tests as well. Other than a higher-than-normal temperature, I am showing no symptoms at this time and feel fine.”
Davis has taken greater care than many of his Republican counterparts to wear a mask and adhere to social distancing rules. That, he said in a statement, is because his wife is a nurse and a cancer survivor, “which puts her in an at-risk category like so many Americans.”
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... if he was around many other infected individuals who refused to wear masks, then the mask he was wearing (if it was an ordinary cotton cloth or "dust mask"
obviously wasn't enough to protect him from the toxic air that his Republican colleagues were spewing everywhere.
People who are truly "asymptomatic" basically means "no fever".
I wish to hell that they would stop hanging their hats on "temperature checks" as some be-all end-all means to confirm if someone is infected or not. 
