LOS ANGELES, May 18, 2021 (LifeSiteNews) — Comedian Bill Maher’s weekly HBO show was canceled last week after the host tested positive for COVID-19 despite having received two doses of a COVID vaccine weeks earlier.
A statement from HBO said Maher was the only staffer on production of his show who tested positive at a weekly staff PCR testing. He is “asymptomatic and feels fine,” according to the statement.
Last Friday’s episode of “Real Time with Bill Maher,” which was to feature guests including astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson and “Hardcore History” podcast host Dan Carlin is to be re-scheduled after Maher is finished isolating.
New York Yankees
Maher is just one example of what the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) are referring to now as “breakthrough cases” of COVID in fully vaccinated people.
At least nine members of the New York Yankees have tested positive for the virus after having been fully vaccinated, as well, including third base coach Phil Nevin, first base coach Reggie Willits, pitching coach Matt Blake, and four support staffers, as well as infielder Gleyber Torres.
Torres was “fully vaccinated and previously had COVID-19 during the most recent baseball offseason,” a statement from the
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