Vaccinated Pelosi Aide, White House Official Who Welcomed Fugitive Texas Democrats Test Positive For COVID

Both of the individuals are fully vaccinated and mildly symptomatic, which illustrates "how Americans inoculated against the coronavirus can still contract and, potentially, unknowingly transmit the virus — even at the highest levels of the nation's government," according to the report.

Six of the Texas Democrats who fled the state in a tantrum to prevent a voting integrity bill from advancing have tested positive, while both the Pelosi staffer and the White House official were on the same rooftop reception at the Hotel Eaton last Wednesday night. The White House official has not had any recent direct contact with President Biden, while Pelosi hasn't had any contact with her staffer since their exposure.

"Yesterday, a fully vaccinated White House official tested positive for COVID-19 off campus," a White House official told Axios, adding "In accordance with our rigorous COVID-19 protocols, the official remains off campus as they wait for a confirmatory PCR test. The White House Medical Unit has conducted contact tracing interviews and determined no close contacts among White House principals and staff. The individual has mild symptoms."