Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp quarantines after exposure at mask-optional pro-Trump rally

[Eugene]

Earlier DU thread in LBN: Georgia governor, First Lady in quarantine due to COVID-19 exposure

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Source: Washington Post

Live updates: U.S. reports nearly 100,000 new cases in one day as infections surge in battleground states

By Antonia Noori Farzan, Rick Noack, Kim Bellware, Paulina Villegas, Miriam Berger, Taylor Telford, Hannah Knowles and Darren Sands
10/30/2020, 7:24:51 p.m.

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Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp quarantines after exposure at mask-optional pro-Trump rally

By Meryl Kornfield

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp (R) said Friday that he will self-quarantine after he and his wife tested negative for the coronavirus, a precaution following “direct exposure” with someone who tested positive.

Kemp’s office said he was not feeling symptomatic. His wife, Marty Kemp, was not exposed to a known case, and the statement did not specify if she would quarantine with her husband.

The announcement comes the same day Rep. Drew Ferguson (R-Ga.), who Kemp came into contact with, said he began to run a fever and tested positive for the virus. The two were among several high-ranking Georgia Republicans in attendance at a pro-Trump counter-rally Tuesday when Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden visited the state.

From legal battles with Democratic mayors over his opposition to local mask mandates, to reopening his state when even Trump said it was “too soon,” Kemp has faced a contentious time handling the virus that has infected 385,208 people and killed 7,955 in his state. Kemp has pushed back against prolonged closures, arguing that economic recovery was a top priority.

All businesses are allowed to be open in the state, but gatherings remain capped at 50 people and they must be socially distanced. Kemp has flouted those restrictions, appearing Tuesday at the Manchester counter-rally, where the audience of more than 100 did not appear to be wearing masks or spaced six feet apart.

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Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/10/30/coronavirus-covid-live-updates-us/#link-QV7CBRQH4ZFHNMCGAVSWGCCT3U

[Nevilledog]

1. Is quarantine the new code word for hiding?

[CaliforniaPeggy]

2. Well, I'd say he brought this on himself.

I almost hope he won't get sick, but I have mixed feelings on that.

[ecstatic]

3. Like President Obama said... They can't even take the basic

steps to protect themselves... They damn sure won't protect us!