General Hospital News: Kirsten Storms’ Positive COVID-19 Test Sparks Vaccine Mandate Debate Once Again
General Hospital star Kirsten Storms (Maxie Storms) has revealed that she has tested positive for COVID-19, prompting many fans to spark the entire vaccine mandate debate again online. Here’s what you need to know.
General Hospital News: Kirsten Storms’ Positive COVID-19 Test Sparks Vaccine Mandate Debate Once Again
Kirsten took to her social media account to explain that while she was moving over the holiday break, she found out that she had tested positive for COVID-19, too. She told her fans and followers, “I didn’t really get to like choose my move date, obviously because I would have not done it the day before Christmas Eve. That made Christmas not as much fun because I was completely exhausted but I am loving my new place and my new neighborhood… And then three days ago I tested positive for COVID after thinking I had bronchitis. I was really sick the first day, first day, and a half, and now every time I sleep when I wake up I feel a little bit better so I’m doing good today.”
And while Kirsten assured fans that she was on the mend and getting better each day, this has prompted a lot of General Hospital fans to bring up the debate about vaccine mandates once again. After all, both Ingo Rademacher and Steve Burton were let go from the show after they refused to comply with the ABC network’s vaccine mandate.
Needless to say, it didn’t take very long for General Hospital fans to respond to the news. Many of them responded with, “Kirsten getting a breakthrough case does not prove mandates don’t work. It shows mandatory testing works, but doesn’t discount the value of vaccines and mandates. Kirsten may be one of several GH castmembers to test positive despite the mandate on set,” along with, “I couldn’t help but wonder while watching yesterday’s episode with everyone kissing when COVID might hit the cast. It’s hitting everywhere. Vaxxed, boosted, tested?? Doesn’t seem to matter much at this point. Omicron is wild. I think at the moment I know 20 or so people who’ve tested positive in the last 2 weeks.”
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Another fan wrote, “At this point, the science seems to be taking people in all sorts of different directions. I don’t think the mandates work or are even useful in this case. COVID-19 is still spreading, regardless if you have the vaccine or not. Two prominent actors lost their jobs because of a stupid mandate that is messing with everyone’s livelihoods.”
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It seems the vaccinated are mostly the ones getting COVID then the non vaccinated!! This Omicron is hitting everyone!! So forget the mandates!! It doesn’t work!! PLEASE BRING BACK OUR JASON/STEVE BURTON!!!
The jab has proven that even if you’ve gotten it you can still get Covid-maybe a milder case but you can still get it.
VACCINES are still the safest way again the COVID-19.
Lord only knows how sick she might have gotten if she had not been vaccinated. She might have ended up in the hospital or worse.
Ridiculous 🤬this mandate is horrible. Lift it . It’s are right . We are turning into communist country. People are getting Covid regardless of vaccines. This Vaccine is a control method and will stop over population. And kill over half of you who have had it in different ways soon enough .🤦♀️I have covid this minute and riding through it .
I think the shot should be your own choice, people are getting COVID-19 while getting the vaccine, and we don’t know the long term side effects. I think it should be your own choice!
I’m a firm believer in CHOICE!! I am fully vaccinated including my booster. My son and one of my granddaughter’s aren’t, They’re decision!!!! I still see them, hug them and kiss them Every time I’m with them!!! The main difference lately seems to be unvaccinated end up having much more serious effects from the virus!!! No One should lose their livelihood over this Especially people who’ve dedicated decades to their jobs!!!
Even though we have breakthrough cases, it is reassuring to me to know that ALL of my co-workers are vaccinated! We can’t stop what happens after that, but knowing there would be unvaccinated among us is a frightening scenario all on its own. We need all the protection we can muster up!!!! So get vaccinated for your neighbor if not for yourself. It’s the generous and smart thing to do!!!!!!
I personally think this virus is never going to go away wait to see what happens around the midterms new deadlier variant will rear it’s ugly head then we will have the same cheating problem we had in 2020 the political hacks are going to keep the propaganda going as long as they can
They should be able to test daily on the set and keep their jobs and not be mandated to vaccinate!!!
I think the mandates is wrong on so many levels and moreover it has onlyimpacted the economy because
COVID-19 is still spreading, regardless if you have the vaccine or not. I have friends and relatives who have taken the vaccine and still got COVID.
End the mandate. The vaccination only protects the person taking it and it quickly loses effectiveness. Testing and isolation practices were and are still effective. Bring Steve Burton back! The show desperately needs Jason Morgan to balance and bring a solid foundation to the Q- we deserve to see Jason and Drew learn to be brothers again. They should also bring Ingo back, but twitter politics have made that unlikely. He’s apologized and everyone deserves a second chance. Jax deserves a redemption story as well someday.
So this just proves that vaccine MANDATES don’t work. Steve and Ingo are gone and Kirsten still got COVID. Bring them back!!