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Trump is being taken to Walter Reed
2020-10-03
  • [Daily Mail, Where America Gets Its News] President Donald Trump is being taken to hospital for COVID-19 treatment 'out of an abundance of caution', the White House revealed Friday evening

  • Trump and Melania announced they tested positive in the early hours of Friday morning and were self-isolating in the White House

  • The First Lady on Friday tweeted that she had mild symptoms but was 'feeling good'

  • The President has not tweeted since Friday at around 1am when he announced his diagnosis

  • He was due on a 12.15pm conference call with governors but was replaced by Vice President Mike Pence

  • Trump was 'lethargic' on his way back from a fundraiser in New Jersey on Thursday night, sources say

  • He also fell asleep on Air Force One on Wednesday evening which is highly unusual for him

  • Trump's campaign have now canceled the remainder of their events

  • The Cleveland Clinic - where Tuesday's debate was held - say they have traced 11 cases to the event

  • On Thursday morning, Trump was told that Hope Hicks had tested positive with the virus, reports claim

  • He still traveled to Bedminster, NJ, for a fundraising event in his golf club where he came into contact with 100 people and raised $5million

  • Ivanka, Barron and Jared Kushner have all tested negative, as has Vice President Mike Pence

  • Joe Biden, Trump's 77-year-old election opponent who he debated on Tuesday, has tested negative
Courtesy of g(r)omgoru: President Trump given experimental antibody cocktail
Posted by:Fred

#11  If the Daily Mail does a story on Bat Boy, then I know we're in trouble.
Posted by: Clem   2020-10-03 18:24  

#10  ^ dream on

He'll be fine and back on the trail with plenty of time left to put the boot into his pansy-puppet opponent.

Turnout will decide the election. The last 2-3 weeks of the campaign determine the degree of turnout.

Republicans have registered 10x as many new voters this year in the battleground states as Democrats have. This is true especially in Pennsylvania, also pronounced in Florida. And yet none of this massive registration / turnout advantage is reflected in the polls-- none of it. Ergo the polls are entirely useless, and underestimate Trump's likely share of the vote by anywhere from 5 to 10 points, depending on the geographic area sampled.

It would be incredibly foolish in any year, but especially in 2020, to think that today's news is in any way a good predictor of what will happen a month later on Election Day. The really important indicator is new voter registration data.
Posted by: Anguter Panda8468   2020-10-03 18:17  

#9  Don't try. It's the Daily Mail, which is starting to make Weekly World News look professional
Posted by: Frank G   2020-10-03 18:15  

#8  If Trump received oxygen, he isn't experiencing a "mild" form of COVID-19. Which means he'll battle fatigue for months on end. Forget about campaigning.

I have no idea what this means for the elections.
Posted by: European Conservative   2020-10-03 18:02  

#7  Democrat reports suppressed.
Posted by: Skidmark   2020-10-03 17:53  

#6  Is it odd that the infected from the debate seem to be from one
political party so far? If you wanted to disrupt the Presidential campaign and put the ACB confirmation at risk by incapacitated Senators, could you do it any better than this?
Just hate coincidences that have a clear benefit and providential timing.
Posted by: NoMoreBS   2020-10-03 16:51  

#5  No line at Vegas on fatso Chris Christie.....
Posted by: Clem   2020-10-03 13:50  

#4  Trump is being treated for coronavirus with experimental Ebola drug remdesivir which helps patients improve after 11 days - four days earlier than those who don't take it
Posted by: Skidmark   2020-10-03 12:20  

#3  Fears mount over global shortage of coronavirus drug remdesivir as it is used to treat Trump after US bought much of the world’s supply
Posted by: Skidmark   2020-10-03 12:16  

#2  Chris Christie tests positive for COVID after helping Trump prepare for debate along with campaign manager Bill Stepien who is also infected

Bye-Bye.
Posted by: Skidmark   2020-10-03 12:04  

#1  More Whitehouse staff and Senators are have Covid as well as DC media personnel.
Posted by: Vespasian Ebbereng3110   2020-10-03 00:47  

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