Lindsey Graham Has COVID-19, Says Symptoms Would Be 'Far Worse' if He Wasn't Vaccinated

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: Newsweek

Senator Lindsey Graham has tested positive for COVID-19 and said he would likely feel much worse if he had not been vaccinated against the virus.

Breakthrough cases of COVID-19, where a vaccinated person contracts the virus, are rare and even if a person gets sick, they're far less likely to be hospitalized or die. In confirming his diagnosis, Graham expressed gratitude that he had been vaccinated because if he hadn't he believes his symptoms would be "far worse."

"I am very glad I was vaccinated because without vaccination I am certain I would not feel as well as I do now," Graham said in a tweet.

The senator from South Carolina said he started having flu-like symptoms on Saturday night and went to the doctor on Monday morning, where he tested positive. He described his symptoms as "mild" and likened it to how it feels when a person has a sinus infection.

Read more: https://www.newsweek.com/lindsey-graham-has-covid-19-says-symptoms-would-far-worse-if-he-wasnt-vaccinated-1615434

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Literally just heard this as a breaking news on my local news radio station (CBS affiliate).

Link to tweet

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Lindsey Graham
@LindseyGrahamSC
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Aug 2, 2021
I was just informed by the House physician I have tested positive for #COVID19 even after being vaccinated.

I started having flu-like symptoms Saturday night and went to the doctor this morning.
Lindsey Graham
@LindseyGrahamSC
I feel like I have a sinus infection and at present time I have mild symptoms.

I will be quarantining for ten days.

I am very glad I was vaccinated because without vaccination I am certain I would not feel as well as I do now.

My symptoms would be far worse.
3:04 PM · Aug 2, 2021

[zuul]

2. I feel sorry for COVID.

[lastlib]

30. "COVID Virus Infected With Lindsey Graham"

Fixed the headline........

(GMTA! )

[AZ8theist]

46. I didn't know you could catch Covid from fellating Doturd.....

[getagrip_already]

3. hopefully he was caucusing with his "colleagues" all day friday...

And socializing with his friends all day saturday.

[oldsoftie]

40. Better if it was with his HOUSE collegues

[NurseJackie]

4. Dear Lord... you know what to do.

Amen.

[GB_RN]

5. Seeing That Lindsey Is From SC...

If the worst happened, his replacement would be named by SC's Governor Henry McMaster, who's a real, Reichwing Nutjob. So, we'd really end up getting the shorter end of the stick, by having McMaster appoint someone even worse than Lindsey.

[rambler_american]

22. "...worse than Lindsey"

sounds like some kind of oxymoron.

[TlalocW]

6. Honestly

I hope it gets worse for him.

TlalocW

[jimfields33]

24. He's vaccinated. I hope not or we're all screwed.

[Crowman2009]

7. Ruh-Roh Graham Cracker, guess you shouldn't have let out you've been vaccinated!

Now you're gonna by primaried by someone who is even more of a right-wing dingbat.

[Slammer]

11. Good idea

From your mouth to the GQP's bank account....

[jimfields33]

25. Are we going to still be talking covid in 2026? I hope not.

[oldsoftie]

43. I dont think he's kept it a secret. Almost all Senators have been

[2naSalit]

47. Silver lining...

Though I am disappointed that it's not likely to kill him, he has to quarantine for ten days which means he'll miss a few votes. Senate doesn't have proxy voting like the House does, you're there to vote or you're not and don't vote. If he ends up with long covid, he might miss a bunch of votes.

Since the delta var. has an infection/incubation period of four days, he didn't get it at the party on Saturday, he picked it up Tuesday or Wednesday. Who was he with then?




I think that we are only half way through this pandemic, if we're lucky.

[cannabis_flower]

51. You are only contagious

for 10 days or so. The people who have long Covid are still contagious.

[2naSalit]

52. Thus the part of my comment about that...

Is wishful thinking, he can't go back to the Hill until he tests negative so...

[Bleacher Creature]

8. I can't stand him, but he's handling this pretty responsibly.

That said, Republicans haven't exactly set a high bar.

[H2O Man]

23. Right.

I can't stand him, either. But I don't wish this disease on anyone. And although it is the responsible thing to do, and I give him no credit for doing so, I am glad that he has been honest for a change.

[Skittles]

27. yes......I will give him points for this

a lot of those repuke assholes won't mention vaccination

[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

31. Has he encouraged the citizens of South Carolina to get vaccinated?

Otherwise, it's just a story with a fortuitous ending.

Call a hearing. Get Dr. Fauci to testify. Support his conclusions.

Do everything you can, Lindsey, to get your state vaccinated. Then you would be a senator worthy of keeping the title.

[BamaRefugee]

9. He'll do ANYTHING to be like TFG.

[msongs]

10. headline - vaccine saves life of senator nt

[Mr.Bill]

12. Fox News headline:

Graham tests positive for Covid - says it's harmless.

[BumRushDaShow]

15. You actually made me look to see how they are framing it

so I donned the biohazard suit and saw this headline -

Sen. Lindsey Graham tests positive for COVID-19, despite being vaccinated

(am not even going to link to it but the article was short (so far) and was basically a reiteration of his tweet )

[TexasTowelie]

36. I hope that you fumigated, then took a nice hot shower afterwards. nt

[BumRushDaShow]

37. I was ready

I was right behind this guy and next in line (he had dared set foot on Newsmax) -

[Upthevibe]

13. Kick....n/t

[Warpy]

14. Wlell well well, not quite as fucking stupid as he sounds

and he's right, he'd probably be going to the boneyard without the vax.

Speaking out about it might be his finest hour.

[Fritz Walter]

16. I'm sure his words are comforting...

...to the families of the 600,000+ Americans who lost their lives due to the inept ministrations of TFG.

[George II]

17. So he won't be able to vote on either of the bills this week. Pity. Oh, and "thoughts and prayers!"

[2naSalit]

48. Exactly!

Maybe he will need to stay home longer...



And where was he during the middle of the week, which is when he likely got it, and with whom? Contact tracing should be interesting on this one.

[GregariousGroundhog]

18. Covid hospitalizes 10% and kills 2% of people age 60-69

I couldn't use my state's dashboard to further sort by alpha vs delta or vaccination status, but since the beginning of the pandemic, 10% of people age 60-69 who became infected were hospitalized and 2% died.

Odds are that Lindsay is right when he says he would feel a lot worse if he were not vaccinated.

[BumRushDaShow]

19. Delta seems to have changed some of those metrics

So I think it remains to be seen what the actual hospitalization/death rates are going to be in the unvaccinated (although just looking at what is happening in FL at the moment, might be a clue, given they have surpassed their previous record case rates).

[BradAllison]

20. Fuckwad Lindsey is trying to pivot after detatching from Trump's ass.

He got jealous watching his fellow milquetoasts Susan, Mitt and Rob pretending to be reasonable last Wednesday and wants back in the cocktail circle. Fuck him.

[elleng]

21. No sh*t, sherlock!!!

[Bengus81]

26. All those big $$ buck Repukes have been vaccinated--including those POS "hosts" on FOX

Then they do their shows and kowtow to their brain dead base who refuse to get vaccinated.

[wnylib]

28. With members of Congress testing positive,

I sure hope that Biden, Harris, Pelosi, and Schumer are being careful about whom they meet and/or dine with.

[BumRushDaShow]

33. After the CDC recommendation changes came out

both the WH and the U.S. House re-implemented mandates for the masking protocols - https://www.npr.org/2021/07/28/1021544722/masks-to-return-to-the-u-s-house-and-white-house-after-the-cdc-changes-guidance

The White House said President Biden and other fully vaccinated administration officials would abide by the CDC's new guidance and wear masks where appropriate.

The Senate was still at "strongly recommended" - https://www.rollcall.com/2021/07/28/mask-mandates-return-to-the-capitol-white-house/

That was as of last week.

Now with a Senator in quarantine, the contact tracing is going to have to happen and I wouldn't be surprised if they mandate in the Senate as well - I expect it being "recommended" vs what happened with the House was probably due to the fact that the House has so many more members (basically 4 times as many) than the Senate and the "technical" criteria of CDC's initial pronouncement was for recommending "indoor masking in areas of substantial or high" spread, which might not have been considered the "literal" case in the Senate at the time.

[monkeyman1]

29. republican's - don't take vaccine - but , we will ! mtg & gang vaccinated ! go figure!!

[mchill]

32. Per Twitter-Graham partying on Joe Manchin Houseboat

This last weekend. Other politicians there.

[Rebl2]

44. With other

Democrats?

[2naSalit]

49. Yes...

And he was already shedding so that means he got it about four days before that, like Wednesday. He may have passed it on to whomever was at Manchin's thing. And several were Dems.

[marble falls]

34. If there was any justice, he'd be intubated for a couple of days. Just enough to come to Jesus.

[area51]

35. I think it's just a little Trump flu.

[Comfortably_Numb]

38. So trump farts covid....who knew?

[Evolve Dammit]

39. Can I get a good Nelson "HA HA"?!

[turbinetree]

41. And then he has this astute observation...

I feel like I have a sinus infection and at present time I have mild symptoms.

I will be quarantining for ten days.

I am very glad I was vaccinated because without vaccination I am certain I would not feel as well as I do now.

My symptoms would be far worse.




No shit Sherlock you could be lying on your back in a hospital with tube inserted down into your lungs....trying to breath....

[turbinetree]

42. And then he has this astute observation...

I feel like I have a sinus infection and at present time I have mild symptoms.

I will be quarantining for ten days.

I am very glad I was vaccinated because without vaccination I am certain I would not feel as well as I do now.

My symptoms would be far worse.




No shit Sherlock you could be lying on your back in a hospital with tube inserted down into your lungs....trying to breath....

[twodogsbarking]

50. He will never be cured of being Lyndsey Graham,

until death do us part.