{"id":1566133,"date":"2022-07-22T09:34:26","date_gmt":"2022-07-22T13:34:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1566133"},"modified":"2022-07-22T09:34:28","modified_gmt":"2022-07-22T13:34:28","slug":"white-house-says-it-doesnt-matter-where-biden-got-covid-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-says-it-doesnt-matter-where-biden-got-covid-19\/","title":{"rendered":"White House Says It Doesn\u2019t Matter Where Biden Got COVID-19"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/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%2Fwhite-house-says-it-doesnt-matter-where-biden-got-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=1566133&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--><p>It doesn\u2019t matter where President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-joe-biden\">Joe Biden<\/a> contracted COVID-19, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-white-house\">White House<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t think that matters. Right? I think what matters is we prepared for this moment,\u201d White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters on July 21, shortly after it was announced <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/biden-tests-positive-for-covid-19-white-house_4612708.html\">Biden tested positive for the illness<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>An antigen test from Thursday morning returned positive and a Polymerase Chain Reaction test confirmed the result, according to Dr. Kevin O\u2019Connor, Biden\u2019s doctor.<\/p>\n<p>Biden reported feeling \u201cmild symptoms,\u201d primarily a runny nose and fatigue, which began on Wednesday evening, the doctor added.<\/p>\n<p>Biden had a \u201crestless sleep\u201d and a dry cough, along with a runny nose and fatigue, which triggered the testing, Jean-Pierre said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t know the exact, like, hour that he developed\u2014that he became aware of his symptoms,\u201d Dr. Ashish Jha, coordinator of the White House COVID-19 response, told reporters.<\/p>\n<p>Biden spent time with others before testing positive. On Wednesday, for example, he was accompanied by multiple members of Congress and White House staff like Jean-Pierre on Air Force One while traveling to Massachusetts. He met with\u00a0Olena Zelenska, Ukraine\u2019s first lady, this week.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re starting the process\u201d of figuring out who was in close contact with Biden and communicating with them, Jean-Pierre said.<\/p>\n<p>Some of those in contact with the president took tests, which came back negative, spokespeople said. They included Sen. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) and Rep Jake Auchincloss (D-Mass.).<\/p>\n<p> Isolating From Others, Including Wife <\/p>\n<p>First Lady Jill Biden tested negative for COVID-19.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m on the road in Detroit today, but I spoke to Joe earlier and he\u2019s feeling fine, just experiencing a few mild symptoms,\u201d the first lady wrote on Twitter.<\/p>\n<p>She reportedly planned on staying at the family\u2019s home in Wilmington, Delaware while her husband isolated for five\u00a0days at the White House, in accordance<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It doesn\u2019t matter where President Joe Biden contracted COVID-19, according to the White House. \u201cI don\u2019t think that matters. Right? I think what matters is we prepared for this moment,\u201d White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters on July 21, shortly after it was announced Biden tested positive for the illness. 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