UPDATE, July 16: Whoopi Goldberg was again in her moderator’s seat at The View in the present day, returning after she missed final Thursday’s and Monday’s episodes after testing optimistic for Covid.
Goldberg, who had her standard Friday off final week, made no point out in the present day of her newest bout with the coronavirus, considered her fourth go-round with the sickness.
PREVIOUS July 11: The View moderator Whoopi Goldberg missed in the present day’s episode of the ABC daytime discuss present after testing optimistic for Covid, cohost Pleasure Behar introduced on the prime of the dwell broadcast.
“You might need observed Whoopi shouldn’t be right here,” mentioned Behar, “as a result of Whoopi has examined optimistic for Covid. You realize, it’s going round nonetheless. So it’s a must to watch out!” (Goldberg appeared later in in the present day’s episode throughout a pre-taped interview with The Boys‘ Antony Starr).
Goldberg’s newest bout with Covid seems to be her fourth. In September 2023, she addressed her third run-in with the coronavirus by sending a video message to the present. “After all you’ve heard,” she mentioned on the time, “I’m not at Burning Man, I’m not nonetheless in Italy, I’m not attempting to alter the end result of the election, I simply have Covid.”
On the time, Behar addressed vax-deniers who had pointed to the vaccinated Goldberg’s sickness as proof supporting their trigger. “She’s just a bit beneath the climate,” Behar mentioned. “When you don’t get [the vaccine] and also you get the illness you may die. This kind of irrational discuss drives me nuts.”
Covid charges have as soon as once more been on the rise in New York, with Gov. Kathy Hochul saying final weekend that new Covid variants have not too long ago contributed to a slight enhance in hospitalizations in contrast with final 12 months presently. “Whereas we’re properly beneath the figures seen through the pandemic, we’re carefully monitoring exercise relating to the most recent variants,” Hochul mentioned in an announcement. “By following the steerage and taking easy precautions, New Yorkers can proceed to get pleasure from a secure and wholesome summer time.”
State well being officers attribute the case enhance to summertime social gatherings and sweltering temperatures that drive folks indoors. New vaccines from Moderna, Novavax, and Pfizer will develop into obtainable in coming months.
