CNBC's Jim Cramer says he's tested positive for Covid-19

CNBC’s Jim Cramer said Monday he’s tested positive for Covid and isolating at home with a mild case.

“I have Covid. I came down with Covid on Thursday night,” Cramer said on “Squawk on the Street.” He added he’s been triple vaccinated: two shots of Moderna and a Moderna booster.

“I know exactly how I got it,” he said. “I was at an event where you had to have PCR [tests].”

“I got it that night from someone who was tested that day,” he said. “The problem is it works so fast. You can’t stop it.

Cramer said his wife is sicker than he is. “She had J&J and Moderna,” he revealed, referring to the Johnson & Johnson Covid vaccine and a Moderna booster shot.

Moderna said before-the-bell Monday a third dose of its Covid vaccine appears to provide significant protection against omicron. Shares opened 9% higher. But they pared those gains shortly thereafter — and by midday, were lower.

Without a booster, Moderna’s vaccine has been been found to be far less effective against omicron. The company said it’ll continue to develop an omicron-specific booster.

“If you’d like to lessen the chance of getting very sick, I think you should get vaccinated,” Cramer said. “There’s never a cold I’ve had that was as weak as this. Ever.”

Cramer also said, “I feel terrible those who’ve been sick; of course for the families of people who’ve lost someone. But I do have, I believe, omicron. And because I’ve been fortunate enough to be vaccinated, it has not really impacted me.”

Despite getting Covid himself and despite the omicron variant spreading as delta cases remain elevated, the “Mad Money” host said he doesn’t understand what he called the “profound negativity” on Wall Street.

The recent market sell-off, including Monday’s decline, looks like a chance to buy stocks, Cramer said.

“The idea that everything’s for sale is an opportunity, not a negativity,” he added. “The gloom is so palpable that you might want to take the other side of that trade.”

Shortly after making these comments, Cramer told his “CNBC Investing Club” that he’s buying more shares of Chevron on weakness for this charitable trust.

“I am more sanguine than people who are selling,” he said on TV. “There are people who are panicking. I don’t like to sell panic. I like to buy panic.”

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[KevinSmith-qiyn]

Oh no, the guy who ranted about the unvaccinated and forcing injections got covid. Man, it couldn't have happened to a better guy.

[ezekonewtc]

This is the least of his worries. He's been testing positive for stupidity his entire stock market journalist career.

[highpriestofgavinalmightyh]

So, the guy who quite literally publicly called for military checkpoints and for military personnel to randomly harass people for their “papers, please“ complied with everything daddy government told him to do, and he still got it?

That’s beautiful.

[jasonchinn]

Maybe the military should drag him off to some quarantine prison, since he's such a big fan of that sort of thing...

[danfiorini]

This is the guy that said we are currently in the best economy ever. Maybe he can blame Covid brain on that stupid statement

[lahnaflore]

The most shocking news is that Jim runs...

[eldonmeeks]

A man who caught covid after having been jabbed three times wants us to take his analytical skills seriously - what's the point to anything Jim says, unless it's all a giant episode of "Punked" ?

[patrickarbucci]

Cramer = Self proclaimed guru, who gives advice out, even when he is not right. This is another example of why you need to always question who you get advice from.

[thelonerider]

So did the military come and round him up when he tested pos.? That was the sort of idea he was advocating on Tv, remember...

[joshs]

Don't worry Jim this is the best economy you have ever seen.

[derrickpotter]

3 caught all have this damn thing and if you're sick from other issues it might be a rough to live with it and we need to move forward

[onenationunderground]

"The only product in history whose failure is blamed on those who didn't use it."

[thfloor]

Once the camera went off, Cramer fell on the floor in agony.

[Andrew-nhzg]

After his nasty comments about using the military to round up the unvaccinated, you deserve it Cramer.

[HeathOverledger]

The funniest part about this four minute clip is that you're not gonna get that four minutes back.

[economicprepper]

Who will take over the Vaccine Military Police while you're quarantining?

[LaJoBa]

He got three jabs and he is positive! 😂

[denmar]

And he’s been screaming to get vaccinated! What a hoot!

[Jim-fexz]

And cramer says "see the vaccines work and the economy is doing great! Inflation? What inflation?"

[TheirOwnWords]

“Everyone I know who got it is triple vaxed”….😂😂😂😂😂
Vaccines are working great. 😂😂👏