# President Joe Biden has tested positive for COVID {2024-07-17} **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [July 17, 2024, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-joe-biden-has-tested-positive-for-covid-2024-07-17/1004397 "2024-07-17T23:19:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2024, 11:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-joe-biden-has-tested-positive-for-covid-2024-07-17/1004397/21 "2024-07-18T11:55:06Z")
He’s not going to, so two-thirds (which is not a number I believe to be accurate at all) of Democrats are going to have to get over themselves if they want to prevent a Trump presidency. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2024, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-joe-biden-has-tested-positive-for-covid-2024-07-17/1004397/22 "2024-07-18T12:34:53Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > He’s not going to, so two-thirds (which is not a number I believe to be accurate at all) of Democrats are going to have to get over themselves if they want to prevent a Trump presidency Or _one_ Democrat could. ---
**Author:** ![TeroSunbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terosunbear/32/14748_2.png) [@TeroSunbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TeroSunbear)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2024, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-joe-biden-has-tested-positive-for-covid-2024-07-17/1004397/23 "2024-07-18T16:03:59Z")
The poll has nothing to do with covid. But the news does stack up on a number of news items that make Biden look weak. The voters are just looking for the alpha male now, if they did not decide yet. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2024, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-joe-biden-has-tested-positive-for-covid-2024-07-17/1004397/24 "2024-07-18T16:35:18Z")
> [@PastTense](#): > > Nearly two-thirds of Democrats want Biden to withdraw, new AP-NORC poll finds It’s become clear to me that the reasons Dems want stricter gun control is because _they keep shooting themselves in the Goddamn Foot!_ I hope Pelosi and Schumer are ready to welcome back Don The Con. Oh, wait. They got theirs. They’ll be just fine! ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2024, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-joe-biden-has-tested-positive-for-covid-2024-07-17/1004397/25 "2024-07-18T17:13:00Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > Getting all the boosters can lesson the risk of Long Term Covid, but doesn’t eliminate it. Even at that, isn’t the most common Long Covid symptom loss of taste/smell? I wouldn’t wish that on anyone, of course, but it’s not like that’d have any effect on Biden’s ability to govern. In the vast majority of cases, covid is a rather mild disease, especially for the vaccinated. There’s a chance that Biden will be the exception, and be seriously laid low or even die, but there are a lot of other unexpected curveballs in this race that would be a lot more likely. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2024, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-joe-biden-has-tested-positive-for-covid-2024-07-17/1004397/26 "2024-07-18T17:19:49Z")
From [What Do We Know About Long COVID? | National Institute on Aging (nih.gov)](https://www.nia.nih.gov/health/covid-19/what-do-we-know-about-long-covid) " People with Long COVID may experience a wide range of symptoms. The most common symptoms in older adults include: - Extreme tiredness or lack of energy (fatigue) - Trouble breathing or shortness of breath - Coughing - Joint pain and weakness - [High blood pressure](https://www.nia.nih.gov/health/high-blood-pressure-and-older-adults) - Changes in smell or taste - Difficulty thinking, concentrating, and remembering (you may see this described as “brain fog”) Other possible symptoms include heart problems, headaches, dizziness or vertigo, sleep disorders, mental health disorders, and digestive upset." At age 81, the President is at a greater risk. ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2024, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-joe-biden-has-tested-positive-for-covid-2024-07-17/1004397/27 "2024-07-18T17:21:20Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > I hope Pelosi and Schumer are ready to welcome back Don The Con. Oh, wait. They got theirs. They’ll be just fine! I have 100% confidence that they believe they are acting in a way that will increase the chances of defeating Trump. Maybe they’re right, and maybe they’re not. I don’t question their motives. ---
**Author:** ![knavette57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knavette57/32/3871_2.png) [@knavette57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knavette57)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2024, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-joe-biden-has-tested-positive-for-covid-2024-07-17/1004397/28 "2024-07-18T17:54:55Z")
I know this is an impossible wish, but I hold out hope there is a Blue Wave, and even with Trump in office, the Congress will control him. Once upon a time (and I can remember it), it was the job of the Congress to hold the President on a tight rein. They relished in it, in fact, no matter what Party was in power at the White House. Sigh. ---
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2024, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-joe-biden-has-tested-positive-for-covid-2024-07-17/1004397/29 "2024-07-18T18:18:32Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > In the vast majority of cases, covid is a rather mild disease, especially for the vaccinated. I would imagine that this varies greatly with age. A vaccinated person getting Covid at age 41 would face much lower danger/harm than at age 81, especially since Biden is already at the age where he’d be only years from death even without Covid. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2024, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-joe-biden-has-tested-positive-for-covid-2024-07-17/1004397/30 "2024-07-18T18:37:10Z")
If there’s a Blue Wave, then Congress won’t be controlling Trump, because in that case Biden would win. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/president-joe-biden-has-tested-positive-for-covid-2024-07-17/1004397.md?page=1)