Before Biden Backed Out of Speech, COVID Was Detected at Convention Site

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Source: daily beast



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Three individuals had positive test results this week, a convention aide confirmed. They are now self-isolating.


Updated Aug. 06, 2020 7:06PM ET / Published Aug. 06, 2020 4:58PM ET


The same week that presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden formally canceled plans to give a convention speech in Milwaukee, the Democratic National Convention Committee detected three positive cases of COVID-19 at the site.

“As testing increased this week, our system detected three cases which have been reported to the health department and given instructions to self-isolate,” an aide to the convention told The Daily Beast. The aide confirmed that those individuals tested positive.
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Officials involved in convention planning say the decision to not host speeches from the site were not directly related to the positive test results there. But they did say that those tests underscored, for organizers, the risks that were inherent in hosting a convention in the midst of a pandemic.

“The reason why they told folks to not travel is we’d been talking to health officials about it. And once we got the guidance from health officials that the pandemic was getting worse, we listened to them,” said a top DNC official. ...............................

Read more: https://www.thedailybeast.com/before-biden-backed-out-of-speech-covid-was-detected-at-convention-site

[AZ8theist]

1. OMFG!!!!!!!!!!!!

We need to keep Joe ABSOLUTELY HEALTHY until January 2020!!!!!

As much as the Reich Wing tries to ridicule him for campaigning in his basement, I think that's the BEST PLACE for him!!
Let Doturd lose the election by CONTINUALLY shooting himself in the ass.

STAY SAFE, JOE!!!

[iluvtennis]

2. + 1 nt.

[niyad]

5. We need President Biden safe and healthy so that he can do the job we are electing him to do.

[RhodeIslandOne]

3. We should not be even attempting a traditional convention

This is idiotic.

[Thekaspervote]

4. Only only virtual appearances should be done...period

[totodeinhere]

6. Thank God he did not go there. But I continue to worry about Joe's health.

Even people who are very careful like he is can catch that virus. It is super contagious.