Former presidential candidate Sen. Michael Bennet (D-Colo.) will not self-quarantine after he met with a constituent who later tested positive for the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus, commonly known as the novel coronavirus.
NTD refers to the novel coronavirus, which causes the disease COVID-19, as the CCP virus because the Chinese Communist Party’s coverup and mismanagement allowed the virus to spread throughout China and create a global pandemic.
East Denver’s health agency Tri-County Health notified Bennet as well as two other lawmakers, Sen. Cory Gardner (R-Colo.) and Rep. Jason Crow (D-Colo.), that they met with a constituent around March 11 who tested positive for COVID-19, the disease the CCP virus causes.
Gardner and Crow have entered self-quarantine as a precaution but Bennet declined to do so. It is unclear if the three lawmakers all met with the same person, reported The Denver Post.
“He appreciates Tri-County’s notification and recommendation,” a spokeswoman for Bennet, Courtney Gidner, told the newspaper. “Michael has consulted with the attending physician of the U.S. Congress, who said that self-quarantining was not necessary and advised him to monitor his health, isolate in his home and office, and continue to practice social distancing and other protective measures.”
Bennet is expected to stay in the Senate for voting for the remainder of the week.
On Tuesday, Gardner and Crow announced they would self-quarantine.
“I was alerted today by the Tri-County Health Department that a Coloradan who visited my Washington office for a constituent meeting has tested positive for coronavirus,” Gardner said in a press release. “While I am not showing any symptoms at this time, I have made the decision to self-quarantine out of an abundance of caution,” he added.
Crow also said he had no symptoms, saying “We have a personal responsibility as citizens to do everything we can to contain the spread of coronavirus.”
