Posted on 10/02/2020 10:02:00 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
The White House said Friday that President Donald Trump was suffering “mild symptoms” of COVID-19, adding that he was in good spirits and working in the family quarters though the announcement of his illness threw the country deeper into uncertainty just a month before the presidential election.
The revelation came in a Trump tweet about 1 a.m. after he had returned from an afternoon political fundraiser without telling the crowd he had been exposed to an aide with the disease that has killed more than 205,000 Americans and more than a million people worldwide.
First lady Melania Trump also tested positive, the president said, and several others in the White House have, too, prompting concern that the White House or even Trump himself might have spread the virus further. The Trumps' son Barron, who lives at the White House, tested negative.
Trump has spent much of the year downplaying the threat of the virus, rarely wearing a protective mask and urging states and cities to “reopen” and reduce or eliminate shutdown rules.
Both Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden and his running mate Kamala Harris have tested negative, their campaign said. Vice President Mike Pence tested negative for the virus Friday morning and “remains in good health,” his spokesman said.
Trump’s Supreme Court nominee, Judge Amy Coney Barrett, who was with him and many others on Saturday and has been on Capitol Hill meeting with lawmakers, also tested negative, the White House said.
Trump's diagnosis was sure to have a destabilizing effect in Washington and around the world, raising questions about how far the virus has spread through the highest levels of U.S. government. Hours before Trump announced he had contracted the virus, the White House said a top aide who had traveled with him during the week had tested positive.
(Excerpt) Read more at startribune.com ...
POTUS showed a little hoarseness during Wednesday’s rally -—FWIW :)
“Joe Biden’s results are negative, according to press reports.”
I have a feeling he’s had it within the las two months. It couls explain his long stretches being absent from ... well ... everything.
I noticed the rally came in at just under an hour - while Trump will go an hour and a half on a typical rally.
Instead of fretting over every wild ass report out of the gossip media, everyone should go to the Trump campaign page and make a donation.
Something constructive.
I just did!!
His health check in June:
73 years old
6’3”
244
https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/6935798-Trump-medical.html
That is a BMI of 30.5
And yes, BMI over 30 is listed by the CDC as a risk factor. There are many studies out there worldwide that say the same.
I am not saying he is going to have a severe bout, I am only saying he does have risk factors and we need to pray he doesn’t.
This was announced earlier today. "Sources" telling ABC are the WH and the campaign.
There is no campaign event tonight, virtual or otherwise.
There is no campaign event tonight, virtual or otherwise.
Or a blood transfusion from someone with antibodies?
But people were signing up???
#BREAKING: President Trump on Friday received a single 8-gram dose of Regeneron’s polyclonal antibody cocktail after he tested positive for the coronavirus, White House physician Sean Conley said.
https://twitter.com/nprpolitics/status/1312124370593050624
It’s not a “world menace” and America is doing just fine, despite people like you.
Instead of fretting over every wild ass report out of the gossip media, everyone should go to the Trump campaign page and make a donation.
Something constructive.
—
I did just that! Excellent idea.
The timing of this is quite remarkable.
It keeps President Trump from campaigning in the final weeks of the Presidential campaign.
I strongly suspect this is a false positive.
Turns out the Covid 19 tests have about 90% false positives.
This is why so many people test positive for it but few die.
President Trump needs to keep testing for it.
Yeah, I saw that.
Kamala Camel Toes
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.