From [HERE] and [HERE] The Rev. Jesse Jackson, a famed civil rights leader and his wife, Jacqueline, have been hospitalized after testing positive for COVID-19, according to a statement Saturday.

“Doctors are currently monitoring the condition of both,” according to the statement from Jesse Jackson's nonprofit, the Rainbow/PUSH Coalition. Their present condition is unknown

Jesse Jackson, 79, is vaccinated against the virus and received his first dose on January 8, 2021 during a publicized event as he urged Black people to receive the vaccine as soon as possible. [MORE] After he got the shot he said, "Take the vaccination now. Keep hope alive." [MORE].

Dr. Kizzmekia “Kizzy” Corbett, the Black woman (in photo below) who co-led the National Institutes of Health team that discovered Moderna’s coronavirus vaccine appeared at the event alongside with Jackson when he received the vaccine from Roseland Community Hospital physician Kiran Chekka. [MORE]

In February Rev. Jackson was hospitalized for abdominal pain and underwent surgery. The dependent media has not explained whether the surgery was related to his Jan 8th initial shot. According to the dependent media he was fully vaccinated, meaning he took both shots. However, it is unknown when he took a 2nd or 3rd shot.

Despite having been diagnosed for Parkinson’s disease, Jackson has remained active, and has advocated for COVID-19 vaccines for Black people, who lag behind white people in the United States’ vaccination drive.

Earlier this month, he appeared to be healthy and was arrested outside the U.S. Capitol during a demonstration calling for Congress to end the filibuster in order to support voting rights. Last month on July 26, 2021 he was busy in Phoenix, AZ as he was arrested protesting the filibuster. Additionally, he seemed good at a July 29th rally in Texas where he appeared with Beta O’Rourke. On July 19th he also looked healthy when he appeared in Paris with French President Macron to receive the “commander of the Legion of Honor,” France’s highest civilian military award honor. Moreover, he seemed healthy on August 2, 2021 when he was arrested in DC at a capitol rally for voting rights. [MORE] Most recently, he was energetic and apparently strong enough on August 18, 2021 (4 days ago) to advocate for a little league baseball team to get its championship title back at a public event in Chicago. See 1st video below [MORE]