AIPAC
Super-Spreader: Did
Israeli Lobbyists Infect U.S.
Congress With
Coronavirus?
The
American Israel Public Affairs Committee sent an email to people who
attended its policy conference in Washington earlier this week,
notifying them that a group of attendees from New York “was
potentially in contact prior to the conference with an individual who
contracted coronavirus.”
“That
individual did not attend Policy Conference,” AIPAC said in an
email that was also shared on the pro-Israel Twitter account. “The
group has been added to the self-quarantine list. To our knowledge,
no one who attended the conference has tested positive for
coronavirus at this time,” it said.
AIPAC
said it is in close contact with the Washington, DC, Health
Department, “and they are coordinating with the CDC [Center for
Disease Control] and New York Health Department.”
A
leading US lobby group has sent a warning that people who attended
its recent conference may have been exposed to coronavirus —
including the US secretary of state, Mike Pompeo.
In
an email to conference guests, speakers and staff, as well as offices
on Capitol Hill, the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (Aipac)
warned that a group of attendees from New York “was potentially in
contact prior to the conference with an individual who contracted
coronavirus”.
Aipac’s
email said the group “has been added to the self-quarantine list”,
and that while nobody who came to the conference is yet known to have
tested positive for the virus, the organisation is co-ordinating with
the Centres for Disease Control and the New York Health Department.
According
to the email, The Washington DC Health Department considers the
incident a “low-risk exposure” and has told Aipac there is no
reason to “sound the alarm”.
The israelis, unlike the Trump administration, are taking this seriously
https://www.timesofisrael.com/israelis-in-contact-with-us-tourist-in-jerusalem-ordered-into-virus-quarantine/
https://www.algemeiner.com/2020/03/05/israel-steps-up-measures-against-coronavirus-adds-eu-countries-to-quarantine-list/
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