Every day, it seems that theCOVID-19 pandemichas affected another famous name.
Greg Abbott (viaPeople).
Now there’s another name to add to the list: Rev.
Jesse Jackson has been hospitalized for the coronavirus, as has his wife, Jacqueline.
The Rainbow PUSH Coalition the multiracial social justice organization Jackson founded announced the news on itsFacebookpage.
The couple’s son Jonathan said in a statement, “Doctors are currently monitoring the condition of both.
He added that he would post updates as they become available.
Jackson joins the statistics of"breakthrough” COVID patients people who have contracted the illness after being vaccinated.
Take the vaccine now."
Jesse Jackson was hard at work prior to his hospitalization
The Rev.
Jesse Jackson has been a leading civil rights activist for six decades.
In 2000, Jackson also received the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
Jackson also attended a voting rights demonstration in Washington, DC (pictured here).
Many supporters have sent their best wishes to Jackson and his wife of 59 years, includingfellow activist Rev.
Al Sharpton, who suggested we send our “sincere and intense prayers.”
Our thoughts are with them and their family and our prayers are for their smooth and full recovery."
