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Alex Azar said that he and his children have tested negative and have no symptoms.
HHS Secretary Alex Azar speaks during a round table discussion at Catalent Biologics, Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2020, in Bloomington, Ind. | AP Photo/Darron Cummings
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Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar on Thursday night informed staff that his wife, Jennifer, tested positive for Covid-19, according to an email shared by HHS. Today, my family learned that my wife Jennifer has tested positive for Covid-19, Azar wrote in an email. He added that his wife scrupulously followed public health guidelines and immediately self-isolated after her initial symptoms and even after she received a negative diagnosis from an initial instant test. A subsequent molecular test, which is more reliable, revealed that she was positive, Azar added.
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While it s nice to know that, very soon, Vice President Mike Pence will have had all his shots, and therefore will be eligible for adoption by a loving family, the basic problem is that he still works for an administration equally divided between the evil and the stupid. From the
But Pfizer released a statement Thursday that seemed to contradict that explanation, saying the company faced no production difficulties and had many more doses immediately available than were being distributed. “We have millions more doses sitting in our warehouse but, as of now, we have not received any shipment instructions for additional doses,” the statement read.
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Mike Pence called the vaccinations a sign of hope
US Vice President Mike Pence has received his Covid-19 vaccine live on television, seeking to shore up public support for vaccinations as US regulators were on the cusp of approving a second vaccine for emergency use.
Mr Pence said he didn t feel a thing after he, his wife Karen Pence and Surgeon General Jerome Adams each rolled up their sleeves and took injections from white-coated medical staff, becoming the highest-profile recipients to receive the vaccine publicly.
After US deaths from the coronavirus topped 3,000 for a third straight day, Mr Pence called the vaccinations a sign of hope, with 20 million doses expected to be distributed nationwide before the end of December and hundreds of millions more going out in the first half of 2021.