COVID-19: These Are the Members of Congress in Quarantine Now

By Douglas A. McIntyre Published Jan 6, 7:52AM EST

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The list of people in the federal government who have been infected by or are quarantined because of COVID-19 grows by the day, as the speed at which the disease spreads accelerates. This list includes President Trump, several of his staff and senior cabinet officials. The danger of COVID-19 was driven home with the death of Representative-elect Luke Letlow, who won a runoff earlier to represent Louisiana’s northeastern 5th district. He was only 41, and apparently in good health. Several members of Congress have self-quarantined recently, either because they tested positive or were exposed to others who have been diagnosed with COVID-19. Each will remain in quarantine for about two weeks.

Representative Gwen Moore has held the seat of Wisconsin’s 4th congressional district since 2005. She has been criticized because of the length of her quarantine, which was scheduled to end on January 11. The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported she traveled to Washington for the vote on the Speaker of the House. Whether she will reenter quarantine is an open question. One aide told the paper, “All I know is she has been working with her doctors and she has been cleared to travel.” She is listed as contracting the disease (tested positive) on December 28, according to Gov Track, which supplies the analysis.

Senator Doug Jones of Alabama was exposed to the disease on December 28 but has not tested positive. His plan is to stay isolated until January 11. He recently lost his bid to hold his seat to Tommy Tuberville. According to Alabama.com, on December 30, “U.S. Sen. Doug Jones said today he will quarantine after his wife, Louise, tested positive for COVID-19.”

Senator David Perdue of Georgia was exposed to someone with COVID-19 on December 31 and plans to remain quarantined until January 14. He has not tested positive for the disease. Perdue is locked in a close race with Jon Ossoff. The results could be determined as early as today.
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Representative Kay Granger tested positive on January 4 and plans to remain in quarantine until January 18. Grange has represented Texas’s 12th congressional district since 1997. She is an unusual case because she received the first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine. According to Yahoo! News, “Granger did receive a COVID-19 vaccine in December. It’s not clear how long ago exactly that occurred, though she was scheduled to receive her second dose later this week.”
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About the Author Douglas A. McIntyre →

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.