The four-day convention held in Chicago was attended by thousands, including Vice President Kamala Harris , who accepted the presidential nomination, and Tim Walz , who accepted the vice presidential candidate nomination.
When you spend five days in Chicago for the DNC and come home with COVID-19.
— Christopher Wiggins (@CWNewser) August 25, 2024
Womp womp. pic.twitter.com/4xXq8PGNTi
A number of reporters disclosed their positive Covid-19 tests on social media , sharing images of their results. Christopher Wiggins, a senior national reporter, posted on social media platform X, "When you spend five days in Chicago for the DNC and come home with Covid-19. Womp womp."
Indeed. I arrived at the DNC healthy and hopeful and left very sick and disillusioned. https://t.co/oqWfFVjyMk pic.twitter.com/LdOMBd42aR
— Yasmine Taeb (@YasmineTaeb) August 24, 2024
Human rights lawyer Yasmine Taeb shared a similar sentiment, stating, "Indeed. I arrived at the DNC healthy and hopeful and left very sick and disillusioned."
Fred Wellman, host of the 'On Democracy Pod' podcast, added, "Oh man! I brought home so much sweet swag from the DNC! Coffee mugs, stickers, t-shirts, posters, buttons, bags, pins, and….Covid! SWEET!"
People also gave their reactions to the development on social media.
The DNC was a Covid super spreader event. There are 1 mil cases of Covid a day right now in the US. We are in the 2nd largest surge since the pandemic started.
— 👑😷𝓙𝓮𝔀𝓮𝓵𝓼 😷👑 (@JewelsJourneys1) August 25, 2024
Y'all decided that you didn't care about yourselves or the vulnerable people around you who just wanted to participate https://t.co/wbB27N9zlS
Here’s the thing - the VAST majority of those attendees are not even going to test & with around 40% of cases being entirely asymptomatic, these folks are going to go about their lives and infect who knows how many people.
— Sahar (they/she) سحر (@Gulujoon) August 25, 2024
You would be surprised how many haven’t tested in YEARS.
In a completely predictable turn of events attendees of the DNC Convention are now coming down with covid-19. Of course the most vaccinated people on the planet turned into super spreaders
— Mister Sugar (@ScottWi92107364) August 26, 2024
With all those unmasked thousands—shouting and the like in unison—contracting #covid from the #DNC is 0 surprise. Let’s hope everyone affected, including any collaterals, recovers.
— Ria🌻 🇺🇦 🕊 (@CAFarmersDtr) August 26, 2024
This year's convention was the first major in-person Democratic event since 2016, as the Covid-19 pandemic had forced the 2020 convention to go virtual. Some attendees were seen wearing face masks, unlike the Republican National Convention (RNC), where no attendees were reportedly masked.
