西弗吉尼亚州州长吉姆·贾斯廷是一名共和党人，他强烈主张接种疫苗，但新冠肺炎病毒检测呈阳性，他一直高烧不退，血压和心率也非常高。
正在接种疫苗和加强免疫的Justice说，他在“突然出现症状”后于周二寻求检测
州长办公室将他的症状描述为“中度”，但将于周三发表国情咨文的大法官写道，他感到“极度不适”
“此时此刻，我感到极度不适，我别无选择，只能推迟我在州议会的国情咨文演讲。”他在周二的一份声明中说。“今天早上醒来时，我感到充血和咳嗽。过了一会儿，我出现了头痛和发烧，所以我决定马上去做检查。”
州长说:“我做的快速检测结果是阴性，但到下午晚些时候，我的症状仍在恶化。“我的血压和心率极度升高，还发高烧。最后，我今天晚上的PCR检测结果证实了我是阳性的。”
司法部是西弗吉尼亚州众多检测呈阳性的居民之一，该州卫生部门称之为“前所未有的”激增，长期以来一直在推动疫苗和助推器，但反对口罩授权。
上周，随着西弗吉尼亚州的新冠肺炎案件激增，大法官说，“我绝对不认为现在是戴口罩的时候。”据《布鲁菲尔德每日电讯报》报道。
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在这张2020年1月8日的档案照片中，西弗吉尼亚州州长吉姆·贾斯蒂斯发表了他的年度统计数据...
但上周，大法官继续支持疫苗，他告诉记者，他给乔·拜登总统写了一封信，要求美国美国食品药品监督管理局和疾病控制和预防中心允许西弗吉尼亚州立即开始向一些高危居民提供第四剂疫苗。
“首先，它会拯救一堆、一堆、一堆更多的生命。这就是全部，”法官说。“但其次，就在这之后，我们会像你想象不到的那样，在我们的医院遭遇挤兑...毫无疑问，我们会让那些中风或心脏病发作的人坐在急诊室外面的车里，甚至不能进医院。”
正义也谴责了阴谋论。2021年9月，Justice将麦克风交给一位母亲，她说儿子住院是因为他听了错误信息“垃圾话。”
他的办公室说，随着正义与新冠肺炎的斗争，他现在被隔离在家里，并根据医生的建议接受单克隆抗体治疗。
他的办公室说，与州长密切接触的每个人都得到了通知，西弗吉尼亚州第一夫人凯茜·贾斯廷周二晚上的检测呈阴性。
West Virginia Gov. Justice, a vaccine advocate, feels 'extremely unwell' amid COVID-19 battle
West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice, a Republican who's strongly advocated for vaccines, has tested positive for COVID-19, enduring a high fever and extremely elevated blood pressure and heart rate.
Justice, who is vaccinated and boosted, said he sought out tests Tuesday following a "sudden onset of symptoms."
The governor's office described his symptoms as "moderate," but Justice -- who was set to give his State of the State address Wednesday -- wrote that he feels "extremely unwell."
"I feel extremely unwell at this point, and I have no choice but to postpone my State of the State address to the Legislature,"he said in a statement Tuesday. "I woke up this morning with congestion and a cough. A little while later, I developed a headache and fever, so I decided to get tested right away."
"The rapid test that I took came back negative, but by the late afternoon, my symptoms were still getting much worse," the governor said. "My blood pressure and heart rate were extremely elevated, and I had a high fever. Finally, my PCR test results this evening confirmed I was positive."
Justice, one of many West Virginia residents testing positive amid a surge the state health department called "unprecedented," has long pushed for vaccines and boosters, but is against mask mandates.
Last week, as COVID-19 cases in West Virginia skyrocketed, Justice said, "I absolutely do not think it's time to put in a mask mandate,"according to the Bluefield Daily Telegraph.
But last week, Justice continued his endorsement of vaccines, telling reporters he sent a letter to President Joe Biden requesting that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention allow West Virginia to immediately start offering fourth doses to some at-risk residents.
"First of all, it'll save a bunch, bunch, bunch more lives. That's all there is to it," Justice said. "But secondly, right behind that, we're going to end up with a run on our hospitals like you can't imagine ... without any question, we're going to have people sitting outside the emergency room in their cars, with a stroke or a heart attack, that can't even get into the hospital."
Justice has also denounced conspiracy theories. In September 2021, Justice gave his microphone to a mother who said her son was hospitalized because he listened to misinformation "garbage."
As Justice battles COVID-19, he's now isolating at home and receiving a monoclonal antibody treatment per his doctors' recommendation, his office said.
Everyone in close contact with the governor is being notified and West Virginia First Lady Cathy Justice tested negative Tuesday evening, his office said.
