Almost 30 staffers and members of Michigan's House of Representatives have contracted the coronavirus this year, the speaker's office said Wednesday — a week after Rudy Giuliani testified maskless in the chamber and three days after it was announced that he had tested positive for Covid-19.
About eight representatives and 21 staffers have reported testing positive so far, said Gideon D'Assandro, communications director and press secretary for Michigan's House speaker. D'Assandro would not detail the timing of the infections, and it was unclear if any of the positive cases came after Giuliani's visit.
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Linda Vail, health officer for Ingham County in Lansing, said that it was highly likely that Giuliani was contagious during his testimony and that those in attendance should quarantine, NBC affiliate WDIV of Detroit reported.
An investigation has been opened into the House over "possible workplace violations" following an employee complaint, WDIV reported Tuesday.
Giuliani, President Donald Trump's personal attorney, testified Dec. 2 about unverified election fraud allegations, just days before Trump announced that Giuliani had tested positive. Giuliani has since been hospitalized.
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Giuliani, 76, has been traveling around the country defending baseless allegations of widespread voter fraud in the presidential election. He has appeared in several public venues without a mask.
Giuliani's son tweeted Tuesday that his father had "improved significantly over the last 48 hours," and Giuliani's Twitter account has remained active since his diagnosis.
adminpassword_ on December 10th, 2020 at 22:34 UTC »
This is a waste of time non-news garbage article. It's misleading and meant for clicks and shares, and distorts the public understanding of an actual garbage person (Guiliani). There's enough to criticize about the man without inventing things. I expect more from NBC.
BeatlestarGallactica on December 10th, 2020 at 20:43 UTC »
Man, I hate Giuliani and everything he and his cohorts stand for, but this is a misleading headline, and as of now, a non-story. This type of stuff needs to stop. "D'Assandro would not detail the timing of the infections, and it was unclear if any of the positive cases came after Giuliani's visit. "
just_me_for_now on December 10th, 2020 at 20:13 UTC »
They stated this was this year, not this week. I wonder why they did not clarify this point and break it down to months and weeks of the cases. Don’t get me wrong, I despise him. But I’d rather see factual data rather than inferring that he was the cause of a majority of those cases. Still have 1 more week to see fallout from his non mask wearing appearance and how many more will be added to the count.