U.S. Rep. Jason Crow reports that despite getting vaxed, maxed, and traveling abroad on the taxpayers’ dime to Ukraine, he has tested positive for COVID.
I just returned from an official congressional delegation visit to Ukraine and tested positive for a breakthrough COVID infection.
I’m thankful to be fully vaccinated and boosted and experiencing only mild symptoms (the vaccine is safe and effective).
— Rep. Jason Crow (@RepJasonCrow) December 20, 2021
None of the media reports indicate when exactly Crow was in Ukraine or when he returned or when he tested positive.
But we do know he talked about the Russian military buildup along the border there, and our U.S. embassy bragged about his visit before we learned Crow was a COVID carrier.
@RepJasonCrow led a U.S. Congressional delegation to Kyiv to discuss Russia’s aggressive military buildup in and around Ukraine and underscored bipartisan support for Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity and its Euro-Atlantic trajectory. pic.twitter.com/2M3nOt8tUT
— U.S. Embassy Kyiv (@USEmbassyKyiv) December 19, 2021
It has yet to be reported exactly which variant Crow has contracted — Alpha, Beta, Gamma, Negan, Delta or Omicron.
Widely reported, however, are Crow’s pleas for everyone to get vaccinated and boosted to protect “our community” from the spread of the virus from people like him who are vaccinated and boosted.
We’re glad to hear he’s only experiencing mild symptoms since he contracted it (?) days ago, and hope he has a quick recovery.
Also reporting so-called breakthrough cases — that’s when you take three doses of the vaccine and catch the virus — are U.S. Sens. Elizabeth Warren, Massachusetts Democrat, and Cory Booker, New Jersey Democrat.