Tue Oct 5, 2021 – 3:47 pm EDT
BALTIMORE (LifeSiteNews) — Baltimore Mayor Brendan Scott has tested positive for COVID-19 despite being fully vaccinated, according to a press release from his office Monday.
The press release said that “despite being vaccinated and following Baltimore City’s health protocols, breakthrough infections are a real threat,” and claimed that “this could have been a different situation if Mayor Scott were not vaccinated.” Scott had received the Johnson & Johnson jab back in March, making his one of the latest in a series of increasing “breakthrough” cases of COVID-19.
The mayor is asymptomatic and is self-isolating at home, according to the press release.
Statement on Mayor’s positive COVID-19 test pic.twitter.com/YXxInhDSDr
— Brandon M. Scott (@MayorBMScott) October 4, 2021
“If you’re not vaccinated, shut up,” Scott had said in August after reimposing an indoor mask mandate. “For anyone that’s frustrated about wearing a mask, and not vaccinated, then look in the mirror. It’s your fault that we’re going back to having an indoor mask mandate.”
Now, Baltimore city health care officials are working on contact tracing efforts to contact people that may have had contact with fully vaccinated Scott over
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