Wisconsin GOP Sen. Ron Johnson attended a Republican fundraising dinner as he awaited the results of a COVID test he had taken on the way to the event. It was positive.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends people isolate until they find out the results of COVID tests. Johnson was the third Republican member of the Senate Judiciary Committee to test positive in 24 hours and would have likely suspected he had a solid chance of testing positive.
He told the Wisconsin Capital Times that he wore a mask until he spoke, and stayed “at least 12 feet from anybody” during his speech. “I’m not sick,” Johnson insisted to the newspaper. “I have no symptoms. I certainly didn’t anticipate testing positive, so there was no reason to quarantine.” COVID “can be transmitted by individuals who are infected but do not have symptoms,” the CDC has repeatedly noted.
Earlier that Friday, Judiciary Committee members Sen. Mike Lee of Utah and Sen. Thom Tillis of North Carolina had both tested positive. Johnson said he decided to get tested when he learned about Lee.
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