Sarah Palin Seen At Restaurant Soon After Testing Positive For Covid

A mere two days after testing positive for COVID-19, former Alaska governor Sarah Palin, 57, was seen dining outdoors at a New York City restaurant.

Protocol from the CDC states that asymptomatic people who test positive for COVID are obligated to self-isolate for five days, then test negative.

Photos obtained by Mediaite show Palin at Italian restaurant Elio's on Manhattan's Upper East Side in a heated outdoor area on Wednesday. Luca Guaitolini, a manager for the restaurant, said to CNN that “in accordance with the vaccine mandate and to protect our staff, we seated her outdoors.”

This is the second time the former Republican vice-presidential nominee has tested positive for COVID. She is also unvaccinated.

Palin is in New York City for her defamation trial against the New York Times, CNN reports.

An employee at the restaurant seemed indifferent to Palin being there despite her diagnosis, saying “[Expletive] happens! People come to eat, we are not the border police,” when asked for a comment by the New York Post.