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April 7, 2022: Covid’s comeback bursts the D.C. bubble
April 7, 2022: Covid’s comeback bursts the D.C. bubble
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Apr 7, 2022
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There’s no denying it: Covid is rocking Washington right now. Days after
Saturday’s annual Gridiron Club dinner, multiple attendees of the boujee
600-seat confab have come down with it — including Commerce Secretary
Gina Raimondo, Attorney General Merrick Garland and Reps. Adam Schiff
(D-Calif.) and Joaquin Castro (D-Texas).
Throughout the district on Wednesday, the possible superspreader event
was seemingly all anyone could talk about, as NYT’s Katie Rogers writes.
Reporters and pols alike found themselves trading text messages about
who sat by whom and whether so-and-so who was feeling ill got a positive
test result. The entire situation, she notes, is a reminder “that, even
as officials seek to pivot away from strict restrictions and encourage
Americans to learn to live with the coronavirus, the pandemic is not
over.”
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Raghu Manavalan is the Host of POLITICO's Playbook.
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Saturday’s annual Gridiron Club dinner, multiple attendees of the boujee
600-seat confab have come down with it — including Commerce Secretary
Gina Raimondo, Attorney General Merrick Garland and Reps. Adam Schiff
(D-Calif.) and Joaquin Castro (D-Texas).
Throughout the district on Wednesday, the possible superspreader event
was seemingly all anyone could talk about, as NYT’s Katie Rogers writes.
Reporters and pols alike found themselves trading text messages about
who sat by whom and whether so-and-so who was feeling ill got a positive
test result. The entire situation, she notes, is a reminder “that, even
as officials seek to pivot away from strict restrictions and encourage
Americans to learn to live with the coronavirus, the pandemic is not
over.”
Subscribe to the POLITICO Playbook newsletter
Raghu Manavalan is the Host of POLITICO's Playbook.
Jenny Ament is the Executive Producer of POLITICO Audio.
Released:
Apr 7, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode
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