These Congress Members Are Quarantined for COVID-19 Infection

By Douglas A. McIntyre Published Dec 31, 7:52AM EST

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Recently, Luke Letlow, who was elected to represent Louisiana’s 5th congressional district, died of complications of COVID-19. He was 41 years old. A number of high-level government officials have been diagnosed with the disease, a list topped by President Donald Trump. A number of White House staff and some Cabinet officials also have contracted the disease. Members of Congress have been diagnosed and quarantined since early March, and five are self-quarantined as of today.

These include the following, according to GovTrack.

Michael Dennis Rogers is the representative for Alabama’s 3rd congressional district. He has held the job since 2003. According to the Montgomery Advertiser, on December 17, “U.S. Rep. Mike Rogers, R-Saks, said Thursday he had tested positive for COVID-19, the second Alabama congressman this month to announce a coronavirus diagnosis.” His quarantine ends on December 31.

Cedric Richmond represents Louisiana’s 2nd congressional district. A Democrat, he has held the office since 2011. He will be President-elect Joe Biden’s Director of the Office of Public Engagement. His quarantine ends December 31.
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Anna G. Eshoo represents the 18th congressional district of California. One of her staff members tested positive on December 19. Eshoo is self-quarantined until January 1.

Rick Larsen represents Washington’s 2nd district and tested positive on December 23. According to the Seattle Times, “Larsen, a Democrat from Everett, said he is quarantining ‘in accordance with CDC guidelines,’ and is prepared to vote by proxy if the House schedules votes in the coming days.” He has held his seat since 2000. His quarantine ends on January 6.

Gwen Moore was elected to represent Wisconsin’s 4th congressional district in 2004. She tested positive on December 28. According to WISN, Moore commented, “After months and months and months of just diligently trying to avoid the virus, I just want to remind people that it’s extremely contagious.” Her quarantine ends on January 11.
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Douglas A. McIntyre is the co-founder, chief executive officer and editor in chief of 24/7 Wall St. and 24/7 Tempo. He has held these jobs since 2006.

McIntyre has written thousands of articles for 24/7 Wall St. He is an expert on corporate finance, the automotive industry, media companies and international finance. He has edited articles on national demographics, sports, personal income and travel.

His work has been quoted or mentioned in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post, NBC News, Time, The New Yorker, HuffPost USA Today, Business Insider, Yahoo, AOL, MarketWatch, The Atlantic, Bloomberg, New York Post, Chicago Tribune, Forbes, The Guardian and many other major publications. McIntyre has been a guest on CNBC, the BBC and television and radio stations across the country.

A magna cum laude graduate of Harvard College, McIntyre also was president of The Harvard Advocate. Founded in 1866, the Advocate is the oldest college publication in the United States.

TheStreet.com, Comps.com and Edgar Online are some of the public companies for which McIntyre served on the board of directors. He was a Vicinity Corporation board member when the company was sold to Microsoft in 2002. He served on the audit committees of some of these companies.

McIntyre has been the CEO of FutureSource, a provider of trading terminals and news to commodities and futures traders. He was president of Switchboard, the online phone directory company. He served as chairman and CEO of On2 Technologies, the video compression company that provided video compression software for Adobe’s Flash. Google bought On2 in 2009.