While it's not yet known if the nomination ceremony was a 'superspreader' event, the White House has started contact tracing.
Many are worried that the nomination ceremony for Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court on September 26 may have been the source of the coronavirus outbreak at the White House. Those fears have become compounded with reports that the White House held an indoor reception afterwards where face masks were not required.
While there were few masks seen at the ceremony, all the guests were tested for coronavirus before being allowed to attend. Though some fear the event was the catalyst for the current outbreak, the ceremony has not been publicly deemed a superspreader event, according to. The White House is working on contact tracing to determine if the event was the origin of the outbreak.
Given the delay between coronavirus infection and when symptoms start to appear—known as the"incubation period" of the virus—the ceremony has been the subject of much speculation from pundits including Chris Cuomo on CNN Friday night. The incubation period can stretch as long as 14 days, however, the median length is 4-5 days, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention .
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