Sick and famous

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Physics Girl, science communicator on YouTube, is very ill with long COVID,

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Jill Biden: First lady tests positive for Covid-19, White House announces | CNN Politics

First lady Jill Biden tested positive for Covid-19 on Monday and is experiencing "mild symptoms," the White House said. President Joe Biden has tested negative.

The diagnosis has upended the first lady's plans to begin teaching the fall semester at Northern Virginia Community College on Tuesday. She is working with the school to "ensure her classes are covered by a substitute," Vanessa Valdivia, the first lady's spokesperson, said.

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Dr. Daniel Griffin -- Does the TWIV Clinical update.

Probably caught it at a conference last week. Had mild symptoms Saturday night (scratchy throat). Tested positive Sunday morning, and started Paxlovid right away. This is his first COVID infection.

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Rachel Maddow, MSNBC. I think it's her second bout with the disease.

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Rachel Maddow, MSNBC. I think it's her second bout with the disease.

She's back. She says it was her first COVID infection, and she took Paxlovid.