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Source: HuffPost
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Says 'COVID Was No Joke,' Shares Photos After Recovery
Josephine Harvey
Sun, January 16, 2022, 7:40 PM
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) said she has thankfully recovered and is wrapping up quarantine after announcing on Jan. 9 that she had tested positive for COVID-19 and was experiencing symptoms.
Welp, so it happened. Got COVID, probably omicron, she wrote on Instagram on Saturday in the caption of a post that included a picture of both positive and negative rapid tests, as well as a photo of her cuddling her French bulldog, Deco.
COVID was no joke, she wrote. For a while Ive noted the term mild is misleading when the bar is hospitalization and death. Even mild cases can result in long COVID, which includes a range of conditions like cognitive impairment, POTS, & chronic fatigue.
The New York Democrat said her message wasnt intended to induce fear, but to remind people to be careful, wear N95 masks in crowded indoor spaces like stores, and to rest if infected.
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Read more: https://news.yahoo.com/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-says-covid-234011118.html
JohnSJ
(92,060 posts)fact is her behavior was reckless, and one can only hope that she didn't infect others
We need to set the example
mvd
(65,156 posts)Im just very thankful shes ok.
JohnSJ
(92,060 posts)Governor Newsom of California was criticized heavily when he attended a large gathering in the middle of the pandemic, while telling others not to do so.
On this I think it is important that Democrats set the example, which we do for the most part
BlackSkimmer
(51,308 posts)That would make an impact .someone like her to tell people how easy it can be to make a mistake.
Caliman73
(11,722 posts)Poor decision indeed.
agingdem
(7,804 posts)I'm 73 and I can still remember some of the crazy things I did...some I got away with and some I paid the price...she's learned her lesson...move on...she's on our side, remember?...we've got to stop eating our own!
Caliman73
(11,722 posts)Certainly, we all have things we have done that were not intelligent, in our youth. Funnily 32 is young to a 73 year old and I guess to a 48 year old.
The difference I think, between you, myself, and AOC is that she is a Representative of the United States House. She has been a critic of people who do not mask and take safety precautions including vaccination and social distancing. Being a public figure, you begrudgingly take on more responsibility as an example.
I do not plan on holding this against AOC indefinitely, but if you cannot see that her statements tend to be undercut by her actions of going to a club and not following safety protocols, then I think that brand loyalty is clouding your view.
We should be able to disagree and disapprove of things that our representatives do that do not comport with the values they (and we) espouse. That doesn't mean that we are going to be voting Republican, or that we hate them. We are just pointing out that it was not a good move on her part.
I am on her side too. I love my sons and my daughter. That doesn't mean that I don't tell them that I am disappointed in choices that they have made, especially if those choices go against values or may have caused harm.
Nixie
(16,950 posts)mask wearing, so the party hugging pictures were surprising, especially if she went to Florida to visit her mom.
InAbLuEsTaTe
(24,121 posts)Srkdqltr
(6,224 posts)Skittles
(153,104 posts)WE ARE NOT A CULT
BlackSkimmer
(51,308 posts)I hope.
Nixie
(16,950 posts)Nixie
(16,950 posts)your post.
BlackSkimmer
(51,308 posts)BlackSkimmer
(51,308 posts)Torchlight
(3,292 posts)I didn't know she had a dog, it's super cute!