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- Chuck Grassley, the GOP Senator from Iowa who's third in line to the presidency, has tested positive for the COVID-19 coronavirus.
- Grassley confirmed his diagnosis on Tuesday, explaining via a press statement that he feels fine, is in quarantine and following doctors' orders and CDC guidelines.
- To date, more than 11.3 million COVID-19 infections have been confirmed in the US, according to Johns Hopkins University.
Not that anyone needs any reminders of this, but the terrifying pathogen behind the coronavirus pandemic is no respecter of boundaries, status, geography, or political affiliation. The COVID-19 virus, which has claimed more than 248,000 American lives thus far according to the latest data from Johns Hopkins University, is also rampaging through the nation's capital at the moment -- having forced Florida Republican Senator Rick Scott to go into quarantine after coming into contact with a COVID-positive person. And now, 87-year-old Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley, the oldest GOP senator and third in line to the presidency, confirmed on Tuesday that he has tested positive for COVID-19.
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