Justice Kavanaugh tests positive for COVID, has no symptoms

[Omaha Steve]

Source: AP

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court says Justice Brett Kavanaugh has tested positive for COVID-19.

The high court said in a press release Friday that Kavanaugh has no symptoms and has been fully vaccinated since January. Kavanaugh and all the other justices had a routine coronavirus test ahead of Friday’s ceremonial investiture for Justice Amy Coney Barrett.

The court says Kavanaugh’s wife and daughters are also fully vaccinated, and they tested negative on Thursday. The court says Kavanaugh and his wife will not attend the ceremony.

The court’s new term begins on Monday and the justices are returning to the courtroom to hear arguments after an 18-month absence because of the coronavirus pandemic. They had been hearing arguments via telephone.



FILE - In this Oct. 8, 2018 file photo, Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh stands before a ceremonial swearing-in in the East Room of the White House in Washington. The Supreme Court says Justice Brett Kavanaugh has tested positive for COVID-19. The high court said in a press release Friday that Kavanaugh has no symptoms and has been fully vaccinated since January. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)


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[VarryOn]

1. He's vaxxed. He should be OK. Nt

[Bayard]

6. Damn....

[Joinfortmill]

2. Good. Want him well for his impeachment.

[SoCalDavidS]

8. LOL!

Is that before or after TFG is indicted?

[mahina]

55. I like the way you think.

[IronLionZion]

3. Thoughts and prayers

he should go meet with Thomas and Alito and Gorsuch just in case. Talk for a long time unmasked and get in real close.

[4Q2u2]

4. Well he already had no sense of taste

Any person that would put Ketchup on pasta does not have the good sense to judge a dog show, let alone Decide major legislation in this country.

[raising2moredems]

48. HEY!!

That is a great cure for a hangover which I suspect is why he eats it.

[Withywindle]

62. no it's really not

I've had a lot of hangovers, and ketchup on pasta would not help. at all.

(a good waffle house cheese omelette is the best cure)

[Midnight Writer]

5. So now the loonies will claim beer cures the Covid. What other explanation can there be?

[Harker]

15. We can look for a sales increase of kegs and rubber hoses. n/t

[BlueIdaho]

7. Any chance he infected Thomas

Or any of the other foul scum on the Robert’s Kangaroo Court?

[BlueKentuckyGirl]

9. No symptoms?

That's too bad.

[underpants]

10. 🍻

[Calista241]

19. i lol'd. n/t

[OnDoutside]

11. That's disappointing.

[Sibelius Fan]

12. "I like beer."

[Igel]

46. Needs done.

[SledDriver]

13. Oh no! I hope the virus is OK

[IbogaProject]

28. praying for the virus

Best wishes for the virus to stay with him and not spread. May it live a full life in its host, after all it has a right to a full life unimpeded by medical science which is obviously God's will.

[yardwork]

42. Thread win.

[napi21]

14. Wonder if this is an indication of the immunity eroding over time? Maybe he boosters are needed.

I'll be interested in finding out how many others who were vaccinated early now show up with the virus.

[moriah]

24. I def think (and have thought for awhile) that boosters would help certain populations.

Since my state had done a phased-rollout of the vaccine, and pharmacies here are giving anybody a booster as long as it's been six months since their second shot, it does mean seniors and LTCF residents should be the first to get boosted under our system.

Still, the vaccine has helped reduce our "nursing home cases" statewide significantly, even while we've been hit with Delta -- even if infections in HCWs have stayed about the same as a percentage of overall cases.

Also, wrt nursing home deaths, our total for deaths prior to the Delta ramp-up among nursing home residents was just under 2000, out of our then just-under 6000 dead -- so one in three of our COVID deaths pre-Delta were in nursing homes. It's only gone up a little over 200 cases, where statewide our deaths from this pandemic during Delta have been about 1700. It may be that the sickest of LTCF residents died last year when they caught it, skewing the numbers, or more elders have opted for home care, but LTCF residents were the first group eligible and their death rate has gone down as a percentage of total deaths.

Even though they are a highly vaccinated group, though, we did have those 200+ deaths in that group. Even with the vaccine, sicker people are still at a higher risk of death/hospitalization than the average individual.

Also, just anecdotally, but the two breakthrough infections I knew of personally in my county were in people who got their shots before I was able to access it. One was in the same group as HCWs/LTCF residents (he's an EMT), the other got it because her field qualified her for the next group after his. Neither had to go in the hospital, but they were both healthy enough to have jobs and both felt pretty bad at first (then bored while they waited out their isolation). Our seniors and those who require long term care definitely need any boosters they can get to help them avoid death.

Cuz my state ain't running out of shots soon, my pharmacist (today while I was getting the flu shot) AND my doctor both said I should get my booster when I'm eligible in a month (my lungs are shite). I still would think the 2 shots would keep me from dying, but the common cold can throw me in the hospital (and the flu without a vaccine that year usually does) with a secondary pneumonia or my lungs just getting angry enough at me to need IV steroids. So just the 2 shots might not keep me from landing in the hospital, though it's doubtful I'd be on a vent or in ICU.

Still, it'd be me taking up a lot of resources that my state needs, when I can lessen that chance by getting a third shot.

[LeftInTX]

32. My daughter caught Covid after being fully vaccinated

She had symptoms..loss of taste and misery etc.
She was also several weeks pregnant.

[mahina]

56. Oh jeez poor thing. Hoping she and baby are both very well.

[Lemon Lyman]

16. Uh-Oh

Yeah right. Covid just tested positive for Brett Kavanaugh is more like it.

[Hekate]

17. I certainly hope it's nothing ...

… trivial.

[maxsolomon]

18. My wife, the armchair epidemiologist, says eventually we'll all get it.

May we all be asymptomatic.

IDGAF about Kavanaugh, however. He's an insult.

[Evolve Dammit]

20. Wonder if all the Supremes are vaxxed? Hopefully he sat next to Clarence, Amy and Alito

they would refuse the shots

[LeftInTX]

33. It says in the article that he's been fully vaccinated since January

He doesn't qualify for boosters because he's under 65.

My hunch is Thomas and Alito have had their boosters.
Amy has had Covid already. She's probably also fully vaccinated.

[Steelrolled]

49. The criteria for a booster is pretty loose - I think he could get it if he wanted.

[LeftInTX]

50. Article says since January.

[Steelrolled]

52. Not sure I understand - I was referring to the booster shot.

But speaking of the original vaccine, January was pretty early. Perhaps all top gov officials were high on the list.

[LeftInTX]

53. Yes, they were.

Since he's healthy and fairly young, I can't picture him running out and getting the booster. Or if he did, maybe he wouldn't tell the world because he doesn't meet the criteria for a booster.

[Behind the Aegis]

21. Think he'll be prescribed Ivermectin?

I mean, he is a horse's ass.

[Hekate]

37. Well spotted

[Blue Owl]

22. Somewhere Lindsey Graham is weeping

[Mr. Ected]

23. This is just the first stage of his Capitol punishment

May the next one leave him jobless.

[monkeyman1]

25. the south end of a north bound jack-ass ! ol'kegger ,revenge is hell !

[PJMcK]

26. A break-through infection?!

Could it be the dreaded Delta variant?

If Kavanaugh dies, I won't be the least bit upset.

[smb]

29. The Delta House Variant nt

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

30. DUzy

[mahina]

57. Oh man

That’s a doozy for sure.

[LeftInTX]

34. He's fully vaccinated

He's not gonna die.

He's not even sick.

At least seven Democrats from Texas who went to DC caught Covid in July. They were are fully vaccinated. Delta was also going around US Congress and several members of the US House also caught it. No one has died. Nor were they very sick.

[PJMcK]

38. That's a shame (n/t)

[gopiscrap]

27. Can't say I wish him a speedy recovery

please treat yourself with ivermectin

[Champp]

31. Boof your way to a New You!

That's the RepubliQon cure all.

[bucolic_frolic]

35. Praying for a miracle.

Hard.

[yardwork]

43. Laughing.

Hard.

[greenjar_01]

36. What a roller coaster of a headline

[yardwork]

44. This thread is full of win.

[marieo1]

41. Disgusting piece of humanity

Wow........couldn't happen to a better guy.......lol

[BigmanPigman]

45. I'm hoping he bites the dust and takes half the SCOTUS

with him. Too bad he is vaxxed.

[Skittles]

47. fuck him

I HOPE IT HURTS

[Steelrolled]

51. It seems I am hearing of more people (neighbors, coworkers) with COVID these days

than I did during previous peaks. And most or all were vaccinated. I guess I take notice more because of the expectation that things should be getting better.

[VarryOn]

54. Here in Arkansas, things are a lot better than 3-4 weeks ago....

We were cracking over 3,000 cases there for a few day, and the last week, we've had 2 or 3 days under 1,000.

My employer reported only two new cases for the week. There are just over 5,000 employees on campus. A month ago, we were reporting around 30 a week.

[myohmy2]

58. "...has no symptoms"

...we're the justice in that?

...

[zanana1]

59. I'm trying to keep negative thoughts at bay.

BUT IT'S DAMN HARD!

[Sparky 1]

60. Too bad he can't catch pregnancy. n/t

[DFW]

61. He also tested positive for "unqualified to sit on the Supreme Court"

He has been showing symptoms ever since, but there doesn't seem to be any cure.