Greg Abbott: I Got The Coronavirus!

Texas has the most dumbest lawmakers. Its governor caught the coronavirus.

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The Karen governor test positive for the coronavirus. He is also asking President Joe Biden and the federal government for help to combat the delta strain of the coronavirus. His incompetence is on full display as well as his lieutenant governor.

"I test myself every day and today is the first day that I tested positive," Gov. Karen Abbott said in a video Tuesday evening. "I want you to know that as I work my way through this, I will stay engaged every single day on everything happening at the Texas Capitol, including working with the members of the legislature as well as the members across the entire state to keep Texas the best state in the United States." 

Abbott received his first dose of the Pfizer-BioNtech COVID-19 vaccine in December of last year, which he credited for his mild case so far. 

"I have received the COVID-19 vaccine, and that may be one reason why I’m really not feeling any symptoms right now. I have no fever, no aches and pains, no other types of symptoms," Abbott said Tuesday. 

As you may have heard, I have Covid.

Right now I have no symptoms such as fever or aches and pains.

Thanks for the well wishes from around the country.

I will remain engaged every day to govern the great state of Texas.

God bless you all, and God bless Texas. pic.twitter.com/kbYPt1FpNj

— Greg Abbott (@GregAbbott_TX) August 17, 2021

He will now isolate in the Governor's Mansion and receive Regeneron's monoclonal antibody treatment while continuing to test daily, his office said. 

"Governor Abbott is fully vaccinated against COVID-19, in good health, and currently experiencing no symptoms," the governor's communications director, Mark Miner, said. "Everyone that the governor has been in close contact with today has been notified. Texas First Lady Karen Abbott tested negative."

Breakthrough infections – when a fully vaccinated person tests positive for COVID-19 – are possible but extremely rare. 

The rate of breakthrough cases among the fully vaccinated is well below 1% in all 25 states that report data on breakthrough events, ranging from as low as .01% in Connecticut to 0.29% in Alaska, according to a Kaiser Family Foundation analysis. 

Abbott with Jimmie Vaughn only days before testing positive.

The rate of deaths from COVID-19 among fully vaccinated people is even lower as it is effectively zero in every state except Arkansas and Michigan, where the rate was 0.01%.

Abbott's positive test result comes amid a spate of public events and meetings. He posted a picture of himself maskless on Twitter Monday night while speaking to a Republican group at a country club near Dallas. Most of the event's attendees also didn't appear to be wearing masks.

Two hours before the positive test was announced, he posted pictures of a meeting with musician Jimmie Vaughan, the brother of Stevie Ray Vaughan. 

Abbott has clashed with local governments in Texas over COVID-19 mitigation measures, issuing an executive order last month banning cities and schools from implementing their own mandates. 

Some school districts around the state, including in Dallas and San Antonio, defied the governor by mandating masks in schools recently, but the Texas Supreme Court blocked those mandates on Sunday. 

COVID-19 cases have soared in Texas recently as the delta variant spreads throughout the nation. 

The 7-day average for new cases in Texas reached a low point on June 15 of 1,065, but was up to 12,498 on Monday, the highest it has been since early February, according to Johns Hopkins University data. 

Meanwhile, hospitalizations in Texas have increased 301% over the last month as the state reported nearly 12,000 COVID-19 patients hospitalized on Monday, which is the most since Jan. 28. 

Nearly 55% of Texans have received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, while 45.5% have been fully vaccinated, according to the CDC. 

Of course, there's folks who are fully vaccinated but end up getting the coronavirus. As with vaccines, nothing is 100%. The vaccines are capable of preventing the coronavirus. At best, it's a 94% prevention rate which means 1 out of 500 could be infected even if they're vaccinated.

President Joe Biden had hopes that Americans would take this shit seriously. Unfortunately, Republicans so fucking eager to return to power will keep Americans fixated on the culture wars. Now vaccinations are part of this culture war.

But those fighting the culture war by not vaccinating, not wearing face mask in public, not following protocols, and deliberately ignoring federal and international rules when traveling are going to be the first casualties of the war. 

With this pandemic mostly affecting states where Republican governors are, we may have to return to wearing facial protection and cutting back services to reduce the spread of the coronavirus.

We came so far only to have a bunch of selfish idiots set it back. Just because they hate President Joe Biden.

The Republicans are so devoted to destroying Biden and the country for what....to regain power.

Pathetic.

According to the CDC, there is still not enough information on antibodies for COVID-19 and whether they can prevent someone from getting reinfected. It still recommends that people with a positive antibody test follow recommendations for protecting themselves and others.

The coronavirus doesn't care about your age, race, gender, sexuality, nationality, religion, politics, economic or social standings. It doesn't care about anything. It's a living organism that causes mild symptoms that include: fever, sore throats, chills, respiratory issues, loss of taste or smell and other unknown symptoms. If you have a weak immune system or health issues, your risk increases.

Death does happen to at least 40% of those who are affected by COVID-19. 

If you're not vaccinated, your chances of death increases to 48%.

Healthy people can die from this. Take this seriously. You only have one life!

If you need more information, visit the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention at cdc.gov.