Western Standard - June 13, 2022


Triple vaccinated Trudeau tests positive for COVID 19


Episode Stats

Length

1 minute

Words per Minute

147.2023

Word Count

171

Sentence Count

12


Summary

Justin Trudeau tested positive for COVID-19 again, despite being triple vaccinated. Trudeau announced his positive test and noted he is "isolating" in a tweet on Monday morning. This past week, Trudeau was at the Summit of the Americas in Los Angeles for meetings. He said the pandemic is not over even as many places lift their public health measures.


Transcript

00:00:00.000 Triple vaccinated Trudeau test positive for COVID-19. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau tested
00:00:05.260 positive for COVID-19 again despite being triple vaccinated. Trudeau announced his positive test
00:00:11.880 and noted he is isolating in a tweet on Monday morning. Trudeau said he felt fine. This past
00:00:18.620 week Trudeau was at the Summit of the Americas in Los Angeles for meetings. He said the pandemic
00:00:24.100 is not over even as many places lift their COVID-19 public health measures. American
00:00:29.680 President Joe Biden and Trudeau met on Thursday at the conference. On Friday Trudeau came back to
00:00:36.220 Canada. Trudeau was heading to the G7 Summit on June 26 but his positive COVID-19 test could prevent him
00:00:43.780 from attending in person. In late January 2022 Trudeau and his two children tested positive when
00:00:51.140 the Omicron variant sent positive cases surging to new highs across the country. The Prime
00:00:57.500 Minister's wife Sophie Trudeau tested positive near the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic.
00:01:03.460 In September 2020 former Conservative Party leader Aaron O'Toole and Rebecca his wife tested positive.