Sens. Elizabeth Warren, Cory Booker Have COVID-19 With Mild Symptoms
The lawmakers, who are both vaccinated and boosted, revealed that they tested positive on Sunday.
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Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) said they tested positive for the novel coronavirus on Sunday. Both are experiencing only mild symptoms, according to statements put out on their respective Twitter accounts. Warren explained that she tested negative earlier in the week, is fully vaccinated, and received her booster. She credits her shots for her mild illness. “As cases increase across the country, I urge everyone who has not already done so to get the vaccine and the booster as soon as possible—together, we can save lives,” the 72-year-old said.
Booker said he began experiencing symptoms of the virus on Saturday, and that those symptoms remain “relatively mild.” As health officials have said, the new Omicron variant spreading across the country is highly transmissible and better able to evade vaccines than earlier strains. But the New Jersey senator said he was “beyond grateful” for his vaccination and booster, as he is “certain that without them I would be doing much worse.”
I regularly test for COVID & while I tested negative earlier this week, today I tested positive with a breakthrough case. Thankfully, I am only experiencing mild symptoms & am grateful for the protection provided against serious illness that comes from being vaccinated & boosted.
— Elizabeth Warren (@SenWarren) December 19, 2021
I learned today that I tested positive for COVID-19 after first feeling symptoms on Saturday. My symptoms are relatively mild. I’m beyond grateful to have received two doses of vaccine and, more recently, a booster – I’m certain that without them I would be doing much worse.
— Sen. Cory Booker (@SenBooker) December 20, 2021
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