One of three journalists who work at the White House and have tested positive for the coronavirus in the past week said that more than a week after he believes he became infected, White House staffers have not reached out to him about contact tracing.
“Nobody from the White House has said ‘boo’ and asked anything about where I was or who I talked to or who else I might have infected,” New York Times correspondent Michael D. Shear said Monday in an interview on CNN. “And so I think that that just shows you that they’re not taking it seriously, at least as it pertains to themselves.”
Shear said he thinks he contracted the virus on Sept. 26, when the White House
hosted a ceremony in the Rose Garden to nominate Amy Coney Barrett for the vacant seat on the Supreme Court. At least seven attendees have since tested positive for the coronavirus, in addition to the journalists.