{"id":45118,"date":"2021-08-19T16:18:00","date_gmt":"2021-08-19T22:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/colorado-u-s-sen-hickenlooper-tests-positive-for-covid-19\/"},"modified":"2021-08-19T22:18:00","modified_gmt":"2021-08-19T22:18:00","slug":"colorado-u-s-sen-hickenlooper-tests-positive-for-covid-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/colorado-u-s-sen-hickenlooper-tests-positive-for-covid-19\/","title":{"rendered":"Colorado U.S. Sen. Hickenlooper tests positive for COVID-19"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><figure class=\"wp-block-image naviga-inline-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/imengine.public.prod.dur.navigacloud.com\/?uuid=5c9321cc-f39c-5d16-b677-a5f0ad062325&#038;function=cover&#038;type=preview&#038;source=false&#038;width=2000\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" alt=\"Sen. John Hickenlooper, D-Colo., speaks to reporters Aug. 3 amid continuing talks around the $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Amanda Andrade-Rhoades\/Associated Press file)\" class=\"naviga-image\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><figcaption><span class=\"caption\">Sen. John Hickenlooper, D-Colo., speaks to reporters Aug. 3 amid continuing talks around the $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Amanda Andrade-Rhoades\/Associated Press file)<\/span><span class=\"credit\">Amanda Andrade-Rhoades<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>DENVER \u2013 Colorado U.S. Sen. John Hickenlooper announced Thursday that he has tested positive for a \u201cbreakthrough\u201d case of COVID-19.<\/p>\n<p>The first-term Democrat issued a statement saying he tested positive after experiencing mild symptoms and is self-isolating at the direction of the attending physician for the U.S. Congress, Dr. Brian P. Monahan. Hickenlooper said he was \u201cfeeling much better.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m grateful for the vaccine (and the scientists behind it) for limiting my symptoms and allowing us to continue our work for Colorado,&#8221; Hickenlooper said. \u201cIf you haven\u2019t been vaccinated, don\u2019t wait for the virus \u2013 get the shot today, and a booster when it\u2019s available too.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Infections and illnesses can happen even after being vaccinated. Experts say vaccination could help make any illnesses less severe. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention notes that newer versions of the coronavirus could be a factor in \u201cbreakthrough\u201d cases.<\/p>\n<p>Hickenlooper, 69, is a former brewpub entrepreneur, Denver mayor and two-term governor who defeated incumbent Republican U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner in the 2020 election.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sen. John Hickenlooper, D-Colo., speaks to reporters Aug. 3 amid continuing talks around the $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Amanda Andrade-Rhoades\/Associated Press file)Amanda Andrade-Rhoades DENVER \u2013 Colorado U.S. Sen. John Hickenlooper announced Thursday that he has tested positive for a \u201cbreakthrough\u201d case of COVID-19. The first-term Democrat issued a statement [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":45119,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[685,481,28],"naviga_topic":[],"class_list":["post-45118","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-coronavirus-covid-19","tag-gov-john-hickenlooper","tag-headlines"],"acf":[],"author_name":"dh_admin","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45118","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45118"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45118\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/45119"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45118"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45118"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45118"},{"taxonomy":"naviga_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/naviga_topic?post=45118"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}