Retired Neurosurgeon, Ben Carson Is #COVID-19 Positive—-After attending a super-spreader event at the white house, 69-years-old former Presidential candidate Ben Carson has been confirmed positive of coronavirus.
According to the HUD deputy chief of staff, Coalter Baker, Carson “is in good spirits and feels fortunate to have access to effective therapeutics which aid and markedly speed his recovery.”
The news of the Housing and Urban Development Secretary is coming less than a week after it was revealed that President Donald Trump’s chief of staff, Mark Meadows also tested positive for covid-19.
The White House hosted an in-person, indoor party on election night. Meadows and Carson attended the event, according to Media reports. Carson had also been spotted without a mask at a Trump campaign rally in Michigan in Oct. 30.
Carson is a member of the White House coronavirus task force. The White House has come under heavy criticism for hosting large gatherings on its grounds in the midst of a pandemic.
Several people tested positive for Covid-19, including Trump advisors and U.S. senators, after they attended a September event at the White House celebrating the nomination of now-Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett. The country’s top infectious disease expert, Dr. Anthony Fauci, called the gathering a “super-spreader event.”
