{"id":1463494,"date":"2022-05-04T10:14:45","date_gmt":"2022-05-04T14:14:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1463494"},"modified":"2022-05-04T10:14:49","modified_gmt":"2022-05-04T14:14:49","slug":"superspreader-slew-of-journalists-who-attended-swanky-d-c-dinner-test-positive-for-covid-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/superspreader-slew-of-journalists-who-attended-swanky-d-c-dinner-test-positive-for-covid-19\/","title":{"rendered":"Superspreader: Slew Of Journalists Who Attended Swanky D.C. Dinner Test Positive For COVID-19"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsuperspreader-slew-of-journalists-who-attended-swanky-d-c-dinner-test-positive-for-covid-19%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1463494&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2022\/05\/whca.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.3.0\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Journalists from half a dozen news outlets have tested positive for COVID-19 after attending the White House Correspondents\u2019 Association (WHCA) dinner, including ABC\u2019s Jonathan Karl, who dined with Kim Kardashian and shook hands with President Joe Biden, according to new reports.<\/p>\n<p>The dinner, held Saturday at the Washington Hilton and attended by 2,500 politicos, journalists, and celebrities, did not require attendees to wear masks.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn the days since WHCD weekend, reporters and staffers from CNN, ABC News, NBC News, CBS News, Politico, and other participating news organizations have tested positive for the virus,\u201d CNN <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2022\/05\/03\/media\/jonathan-karl-positive-covid-white-house-correspondents-dinner\/index.html\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[M]uch of Tuesday afternoon seemed to consist of attendees trading text messages and emails about colleagues and friends and people they had seen who had tested positive. That\u2019s almost certainly going to continue in the days ahead,\u201d CNN\u2019s senior media reporter Oliver Darcy wrote.<\/p>\n<p>Darcy spoke with WHCA President Steven Portnoy, who he quoted as saying: \u201cWe worked hard to publicize our protocols and encouraged those eligible to get booster shots in the weeks leading up to the dinner. Our event implemented protocols that went beyond any guidance or regulation issued by the CDC or the DC health department. We wish anyone who may not be feeling well a speedy recovery.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>CNN also noted that \u201cWhile Karl did shake Biden\u2019s hand at the dinner, to have gone on-stage at the event he would have had to have taken a medically certified proctored test that the White House uses because it believes it to be a measure of infectiousness, a source told me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Karl was on stage to receive the \u201cExcellence in Presidential Coverage Under Deadline Pressure\u201d award.\u00a0 \u201cHe appeared on the dais, received his prize, shook hands with several others there, including Biden, and subsequently spoke at the microphone. Karl was also pictured at a table sitting next to Kardashian and one spot over from her boyfriend, Pete Davidson,\u201d Politico <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2022\/05\/03\/jonathan-karl-positive-covid-kim-kardashian-00029712\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe tested positive for COVID Monday night, but tested negative on Saturday afternoon before the White House Correspondents Dinner by medically-supervised staff,\u201d a person familiar with the matter told Politico. \u201cHe had no symptoms on Saturday. Jon is currently isolating and participating in contract tracing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Before the dinner, it was widely speculated that COVID-19 would be on the menu. \u201cIt is my great honor to be speaking tonight at the nation\u2019s most distinguished super-spreader event,\u201d comedian Trevor Noah said at the dinner.<\/p>\n<p>The WHCA event followed another superspreader, the Gridiron dinner. More than 80 attendees eventually tested positive for COVID-19.<\/p>\n<p>Among those were two members of President Joe Biden\u2019s Cabinet: Attorney General Merrick Garland and Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo. \u201cOther attendees, including Vice President Kamala Harris\u2019 communication director Jamal Simmons and Democratic Reps. Joaquin Castro and Adam Schiff \u2026 have also announced positive tests,\u201d CNN <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/super-spreader-over-a-dozen-d-c-a-listers-served-covid-at-posh-gridiron-dinner\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>Joseph Curl has covered politics for 35 years, including 12 years as White House correspondent for a national newspaper. He was also the a.m. editor of the Drudge Report for four years. Send tips to josephcurl@dailywire.com and follow him on Twitter @josephcurl.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies for breaking news, investigative reporting, sports, podcasts, in-depth analysis, books, and entertainment for a reason: because we believe in what we do. We believe in our country, in the value of truth and the freedom to speak it, and in the right to challenge tyranny wherever we see it. 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