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2021-07-20 -Short Attention Span Theater-
2 More Texas Dems Who Flew To DC Test Positive For COVID-19, Total Now 5
[DFW.CBSLOCAL] Two more Texas House Democrats who flew to Washington, D.C. last week to block a vote on Republicans’ elections bill have tested positive for COVID-19, bringing the total to five since Friday.

The Texas House Democratic Caucus on Saturday said one member tested positive on Friday and two others on Saturday. Now, two more have gotten the virus, a person familiar with the situation told CBS News.

All five of the members who tested positive are fully vaccinated.

"The House Democratic Caucus is following all CDC guidance and protocols. This is a sober reminder that COVID is still with us, and though vaccinations offer tremendous protection, we still must take necessary precautions. We are in touch with public health experts in Texas to provide additional guidance. Our caucus will follow all recommendations from public health experts as we continue our work," Texas House Democratic Caucus Chair Rep. Chris Turner said in a statement on Saturday.

Later in the evening, State Rep. Trey Martinez Fischer, D-San Antonio, said he was one of the two who tested positive on Sunday.

Rep. Celia Israel, D-Austin, also said she tested positive this weekend. The other three House Democrats were not identified.
Posted by Fred 2021-07-20 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11136 views ]  Top

#1 The COVID BUG
Does not like
Democrats,
Texas Dems
Your Future...
Posted by Chuckles Sluth1630 2021-07-20 00:37||   2021-07-20 00:37|| Front Page Top

#2 
Posted by Bill Munster4406 2021-07-20 00:56||   2021-07-20 00:56|| Front Page Top

#3 Up to 6 now, I think.
Posted by Glenmore 2021-07-20 01:56||   2021-07-20 01:56|| Front Page Top

#4 Lots of obese people in that sample, from the pictures I saw...
Posted by M. Murcek 2021-07-20 05:49||   2021-07-20 05:49|| Front Page Top

#5 Karma, I'm delighted to discover she is still alive.
Posted by Besoeker 2021-07-20 07:52||   2021-07-20 07:52|| Front Page Top

#6 But they all claimed to be fully vaccinated. Either someone is lying or their vaccines didn't work
Posted by Deacon Blues 2021-07-20 08:09||   2021-07-20 08:09|| Front Page Top

#7 #6 Vaccine is not a force field that kills any virus coming near. It, if successful, induces a more rapid, powerful, and specific immune response - and therefore, much lighter disease - when encountering the virus.
That is, vaccinated people (unless they're very old, or have some other problem leading to impaired immune system) have asymptomatic infection. But they still test positive.
Posted by g(r)omgoru 2021-07-20 08:16||   2021-07-20 08:16|| Front Page Top

#8 Or, the virus gets in and can be discovered in testing, but never gets active because the immune response is ready to defend.
Posted by Bobby 2021-07-20 08:21||   2021-07-20 08:21|| Front Page Top

#9 "or have some other problem"

Or in this case, an overabundance of 'Virtue Signalling'.
Posted by Mullah Richard 2021-07-20 08:26||   2021-07-20 08:26|| Front Page Top

#10 

Would not surprise me if EVERY quorum avoiding elected official "CLAIMS" they are too sick to vote.

It is the perfect Democrat agenda staged play and voting dodge. Use the C-19/21 to avoid the recall to quorum, while increasing their needed virus panic for continued control again.

Posted by NN2N1 2021-07-20 09:07||   2021-07-20 09:07|| Front Page Top

#11 I believe what grom says but I still don't think this story smells right.
Posted by Abu Uluque 2021-07-20 09:22||   2021-07-20 09:22|| Front Page Top

#12 Could be they have the PCR test turned up to 11* which makes it overly sensitive and it is simply detecting viral wreckage.

* or whatever the actual value for the number of amplification cycles is
Posted by SteveS 2021-07-20 09:41||   2021-07-20 09:41|| Front Page Top

#13 Most positive results are false-positive because if you turn the sensitivity down enough to avoid them, you miss most of true positives. See False positives and false negatives on Wikipedia.
Posted by g(r)omgoru 2021-07-20 10:28||   2021-07-20 10:28|| Front Page Top

#14 hope it kills them
Posted by Chris 2021-07-20 10:30||   2021-07-20 10:30|| Front Page Top

#15 ^True link Wikipedia: false positives and false negatives
Posted by g(r)omgoru 2021-07-20 10:30||   2021-07-20 10:30|| Front Page Top

#16 Ooops.
Posted by g(r)omgoru 2021-07-20 10:33||   2021-07-20 10:33|| Front Page Top

#17 Link fixed.

g(r)omgoru, to make a hot link: copy the URL, then type a bit of descriptive text in the comment box to attach it to, highlight it, click on the icon of the Earth sitting on a bit of chain that you’ll see in the second row below the comment box, then paste the URL in the box that pops up, obliterating the placeholder http:// as you do so. Click OK to set it.

I highly recommend clicking on Preview and testing the result to be sure it works, so that it doesn’t create a different kind of oops before submitting the comment. ;-)
Posted by trailing wife 2021-07-20 11:04||   2021-07-20 11:04|| Front Page Top

#18 It does help to closely read the thread before offering helpful suggestions — sorry about that, g(r)omgoru. Next time just do a preview to check that you did all the steps you already knew without any coaching from me, k?
Posted by trailing wife 2021-07-20 11:08||   2021-07-20 11:08|| Front Page Top

#19 g, you saying this is all bullshit?
Posted by swksvolFF 2021-07-20 11:14||   2021-07-20 11:14|| Front Page Top

#20 What Chris said!
Posted by Unack Lover of the Chinese3477 2021-07-20 11:20||   2021-07-20 11:20|| Front Page Top

#21 Update
6th Texas Congress-creature tests positive
Posted by Thomock Clitch9152 2021-07-20 11:48||   2021-07-20 11:48|| Front Page Top

#22 When I want to know the truth, I always go to Wikipedia.
Posted by bman 2021-07-20 12:00||   2021-07-20 12:00|| Front Page Top

#23 Sorry, TW.
Posted by g(r)omgoru 2021-07-20 12:07||   2021-07-20 12:07|| Front Page Top

#24 I'm with Chris. I hope they die. And Kamala too.
Posted by Dron66046 2021-07-20 12:09||   2021-07-20 12:09|| Front Page Top

#25 #19 I'm saying no problem if somebody vaccinated tests positive. Somebody vaccinated develops symptoms is problem.
Posted by g(r)omgoru 2021-07-20 12:10||   2021-07-20 12:10|| Front Page Top

#26 I also notice that the photo showing the case of beer on the plane with them has been mostly scrubbed (or photo-shopped) from most web news outlets.
Posted by Mullah Richard 2021-07-20 12:16||   2021-07-20 12:16|| Front Page Top

#27 So, bullshit.
Posted by swksvolFF 2021-07-20 12:26||   2021-07-20 12:26|| Front Page Top

#28 Y'all understand this is being Judo'd into another 2 Weeks to Flatten the Curve.
Posted by swksvolFF 2021-07-20 12:53||   2021-07-20 12:53|| Front Page Top

#29  When I want to know the truth, I always go to Wikipedia.

Wikipedia co-founder says Wikipedia has been taken over by leftists and can't be trusted
Posted by Skidmark 2021-07-20 13:04||   2021-07-20 13:04|| Front Page Top

#30 I use wiki because it's a convenient reference - you could find the same explanation in any textbook on probability (conditional probability chapter)
Posted by g(r)omgoru 2021-07-20 13:18||   2021-07-20 13:18|| Front Page Top

#31 you could find the same explanation in any textbook on probability (conditional probability chapter)

^ And go read 'em while they're still sold, folks! 😜
Posted by Dron66046 2021-07-20 13:25||   2021-07-20 13:25|| Front Page Top

#32 Perhaps g could make some photocopies for us.
Posted by swksvolFF 2021-07-20 13:51||   2021-07-20 13:51|| Front Page Top

#33 Psaki not calling Texas Dems' trip to DC a 'super-spreader' as more officials test positive
Posted by Skidmark 2021-07-20 15:13||   2021-07-20 15:13|| Front Page Top

#34 At this point, the Texas fleebaggers seem to have made a commercial about how useless the COVID vax is...
Posted by M. Murcek 2021-07-20 16:05||   2021-07-20 16:05|| Front Page Top

#35 Backfiring lots of different directions.

However.
Not talking about fixing vote fraud in Texas
Won't go back for at least 2 weeks
Cuba?
South Africa?
Posted by swksvolFF 2021-07-20 18:50||   2021-07-20 18:50|| Front Page Top

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