Senator Bill Cassidy tests positive for COVID-19

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Source: wwltv.com




Cassidy was notified Wednesday night that he had been exposed to someone with the coronavirus and was tested Thursday. The test came back positive.

Published: 1:32 PM CDT August 20, 2020 Updated: 1:32 PM CDT August 20, 2020


NEW ORLEANS — U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA) has tested positive for the coronavirus and has begun a 14-day quarantine, his office said Thursday.

Cassidy was notified Wednesday night that he had been exposed to someone with the coronavirus and was tested Thursday. The test came back positive.

The office said Cassidy contacted his physician and is adhering to CDC recommendations by quarantining and notifying those he has come into contact with recently.............


“I am strictly following the direction of our medical experts and strongly encourage others to do the same,” said Dr. Cassidy.


Read more: https://www.wwltv.com/article/news/health/coronavirus/senator-bill-cassidy-tests-positive-for-covid-19/289-d517fd0a-7ce1-4d46-acd5-b25681d9a5c8

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I really do not wish this horrible disease anyone but I wonder if constantly ware a mask.

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[underpants]

1. Think you used enough karma there Butch?

[LizBeth]

2. Who wants pain? (This is so not me, but...) Not death. But a little pain to go with some empathy.

[spooky3]

3. Tots and pears. Nt

[rpannier]

9. That's the truth

I don't wish it on anyone
But, if it's going to have to infect people, he should be one

[LogicFirst]

4. Did he get it from a fellow non-masked Republican?

[LisaL]

5. I guess he couldn't stay six feet away from everybody and be safe.

Oh well...

[moosewhisperer]

6. It is what it is.

[GB_RN]

7. Ha!

Senator Bill "Wannabe Butch" Cassidy (R - Loo-siana Nutjuob), in an announcement filled with no small amount of irony, tests positive for COVID-19, and tests negative for intelligence.

[Doug.Goodall]

8. Was Cassidy at Sturgis?