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Sen. Lindsey Graham revealed Tuesday that Covid-19 had him 'flat on my back,' but he believes it would have been worse if he did not take the vaccine.
'I'm convinced if I did not have the vaccine the outcome would have been a lot worse,' the South Carolina Republican said as he delivered remarks at an event commemorating the expansion of the Emergency Department at Prisma Health Oconee Memorial Hospital.
'I was pretty much flat on my back, but I'm up and moving around now because I think the vaccine lessens the blow. And if you haven't been vaccinated yet, please do.'
Graham tested positive for the virus at the beginning of the month. He was the first US senator to disclose a breakthrough coronavirus case, and at the time of the announcement said he'd been having flu-like symptoms.
Graham, while quarantining due to his diagnosis, missed votes on the numerous amendments to the $3.5 trillion budget resolution in what is known as a vote-a-rama.
Weeks later, on Aug. 19, three senators subsequently announced Covid-19 diagnoses - Republican Sen. Roger Wicker of Mississippi, Sen. Angus King, a Maine independent, and Colorado Democrat Sen. John Hickenlooper. All were fully
