Sen. Elizabeth Warren.Photo: Drew Angerer/GettyElizabeth Warrenhas tested positive for COVID-19.The Massachusetts Senator, 72, announced her diagnosis Sundayin a statementshared on Twitter. Warren is fully vaccinated.“I regularly test for COVID & while I tested negative earlier this week, today I tested positive with a breakthrough case,” the Democrat said in her statement.“Thankfully, I am only experiencing mild symptoms & am grateful for the protection provided against serious illness that comes from being vaccinated & boosted,” she added.Ina second tweet, Warren encouraged others to do their part and get vaccinated before providing a link toVaccines.gov, where individuals can look up local vaccination locations.“As cases increase across the country, I urge everyone who has not already done so to get the vaccine and the booster as soon as possible — together, we can save lives,” she wrote.Warren is the latest U.S. lawmaker to come down with the coronavirus. Washington State Senator Doug Ericksen is among those who havedied from COVID-19, his family confirmed on Saturday. He was 52.Cases of the Delta and Omicron variants are rapidly increasing in the United States ahead of the Christmas holiday. As of Sunday, the Omicron variant has beendetected in all but five states— Indiana, Oklahoma, Montana, and North and South Dakota — according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.Several events in New York City have already been cancelled due to COVID-19, fromThe Christmas Spectacular Starring theRadio City Rockettesto Broadway’sHarry Potter and the Cursed ChildandTina: The Tina Turner Musical.New research suggests a third shot of either the Pfizer or Moderna vaccines could provide a significant boost to one’s antibodies. One U.K. study found that a booster dose of the Pfizer vaccine brings an individuals' protection back up toaround 75%.But the CDC has warned of a major winter spike in COVID-19 cases in 2022. On Tuesday, the agency said cases containing the Omicron variant had increased sevenfold in a single week.Breakthrough cases— COVID-19 infections that occur in people who have been fully vaccinated against the virus — are possible and expected, as the vaccines are not 100% effective in preventing infections. Still, vaccinated people who test positive will likely be asymptomatic or experience a far milder illness than if they were not vaccinated. The majority of deaths from COVID-19 — around 98 to 99% —are in unvaccinated people.
Sen. Elizabeth Warren.Photo: Drew Angerer/Getty
Elizabeth Warrenhas tested positive for COVID-19.The Massachusetts Senator, 72, announced her diagnosis Sundayin a statementshared on Twitter. Warren is fully vaccinated.“I regularly test for COVID & while I tested negative earlier this week, today I tested positive with a breakthrough case,” the Democrat said in her statement.“Thankfully, I am only experiencing mild symptoms & am grateful for the protection provided against serious illness that comes from being vaccinated & boosted,” she added.Ina second tweet, Warren encouraged others to do their part and get vaccinated before providing a link toVaccines.gov, where individuals can look up local vaccination locations.“As cases increase across the country, I urge everyone who has not already done so to get the vaccine and the booster as soon as possible — together, we can save lives,” she wrote.Warren is the latest U.S. lawmaker to come down with the coronavirus. Washington State Senator Doug Ericksen is among those who havedied from COVID-19, his family confirmed on Saturday. He was 52.Cases of the Delta and Omicron variants are rapidly increasing in the United States ahead of the Christmas holiday. As of Sunday, the Omicron variant has beendetected in all but five states— Indiana, Oklahoma, Montana, and North and South Dakota — according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.Several events in New York City have already been cancelled due to COVID-19, fromThe Christmas Spectacular Starring theRadio City Rockettesto Broadway’sHarry Potter and the Cursed ChildandTina: The Tina Turner Musical.New research suggests a third shot of either the Pfizer or Moderna vaccines could provide a significant boost to one’s antibodies. One U.K. study found that a booster dose of the Pfizer vaccine brings an individuals' protection back up toaround 75%.But the CDC has warned of a major winter spike in COVID-19 cases in 2022. On Tuesday, the agency said cases containing the Omicron variant had increased sevenfold in a single week.Breakthrough cases— COVID-19 infections that occur in people who have been fully vaccinated against the virus — are possible and expected, as the vaccines are not 100% effective in preventing infections. Still, vaccinated people who test positive will likely be asymptomatic or experience a far milder illness than if they were not vaccinated. The majority of deaths from COVID-19 — around 98 to 99% —are in unvaccinated people.
Elizabeth Warrenhas tested positive for COVID-19.
The Massachusetts Senator, 72, announced her diagnosis Sundayin a statementshared on Twitter. Warren is fully vaccinated.
“I regularly test for COVID & while I tested negative earlier this week, today I tested positive with a breakthrough case,” the Democrat said in her statement.
“Thankfully, I am only experiencing mild symptoms & am grateful for the protection provided against serious illness that comes from being vaccinated & boosted,” she added.
Ina second tweet, Warren encouraged others to do their part and get vaccinated before providing a link toVaccines.gov, where individuals can look up local vaccination locations.
“As cases increase across the country, I urge everyone who has not already done so to get the vaccine and the booster as soon as possible — together, we can save lives,” she wrote.
Warren is the latest U.S. lawmaker to come down with the coronavirus. Washington State Senator Doug Ericksen is among those who havedied from COVID-19, his family confirmed on Saturday. He was 52.
Cases of the Delta and Omicron variants are rapidly increasing in the United States ahead of the Christmas holiday. As of Sunday, the Omicron variant has beendetected in all but five states— Indiana, Oklahoma, Montana, and North and South Dakota — according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Several events in New York City have already been cancelled due to COVID-19, fromThe Christmas Spectacular Starring theRadio City Rockettesto Broadway’sHarry Potter and the Cursed ChildandTina: The Tina Turner Musical.
New research suggests a third shot of either the Pfizer or Moderna vaccines could provide a significant boost to one’s antibodies. One U.K. study found that a booster dose of the Pfizer vaccine brings an individuals' protection back up toaround 75%.
But the CDC has warned of a major winter spike in COVID-19 cases in 2022. On Tuesday, the agency said cases containing the Omicron variant had increased sevenfold in a single week.
Breakthrough cases— COVID-19 infections that occur in people who have been fully vaccinated against the virus — are possible and expected, as the vaccines are not 100% effective in preventing infections. Still, vaccinated people who test positive will likely be asymptomatic or experience a far milder illness than if they were not vaccinated. The majority of deaths from COVID-19 — around 98 to 99% —are in unvaccinated people.
source: people.com
