Whoopi Goldberg missed another day of The View due to to her third battle with Covid, but she sent in a video message to fans of the show and addressed some of the internet rumors about her absence.
“In spite of everything you’ve heard,” said Goldberg “I am not at Burning Man, I am not still in Italy, I am not trying to change the outcome of the election, I just have Covid. I’m still testing positive apparently I have to have a clear test before back so it might be a couple of days, but I’m really thrilled to see the new desk. I’m really thrilled to see all the beautiful women you girls look great and I can’t wait to get back to hang out but until then its me and meh mask and I’m sort of confined to my room I have never been sent to my room like this,” she joked.
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She continued, “I just wanted too say hi and let everybody know that ill be there as soon as I can and I’m sending you all great love and I can’t wait too get back to our favorite place, The View.”
As we previously shared, this is Whoopi’s third time catching Covid and the news was revealed to the public yesterday when she wasn’t apart of the season premiere episode.
President Joe Biden recently announced that he has signed off on a funding request for a new covid vaccine and says that it will be recommended that everybody get it. While speaking with reporters, the president was asked about the rise in covid cases and the new variants that are being discovered by health experts. “This morning I signed off on a proposal that we have to present to the congress and request for additional funding for a new vaccine that is necessary and works and tentatively it is recommended that everybody get it no matter whether they got it before,” he said.
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A new covid variant has health officials calling for people to start wearing masks again. The Daily Mail recently spoke with a health expert and we’re told that the new variant, BA. 6 is “probably” already in the United States. The new variant has only been detected in Israel and Denmark but health officials predict that the variant will make its way in America “very soon.” Dr Thomas Moore, an infectious diseases expert at the University of Kansas, spoke with DailyMail.com and said, “I’m sure it is already here. If it hasn’t already made it here, it probably will very soon.”