# Trump and Melania test positive for COVID-19 **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [October 2, 2020, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-and-melania-test-positive-for-covid-19/922010 "2020-10-02T05:07:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 19
**Author:** ![ThisIsTheEnd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thisistheend/32/4713_2.png) [@ThisIsTheEnd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThisIsTheEnd)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2020, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-and-melania-test-positive-for-covid-19/922010/363 "2020-10-02T21:30:30Z")
> **[Regeneron's REGN-COV2 Antibody Cocktail Reduced Viral Levels and Improved...](https://investor.regeneron.com/news-releases/news-release-details/regenerons-regn-cov2-antibody-cocktail-reduced-viral-levels-and)** > > TARRYTOWN, N.Y. , Sept. 29, 2020 /PRNewswire/ --   Greatest improvements in patients who had not mounted their own effective immune response prior to treatment Plan rapidly to discuss results with regulatory authorities Regeneron to host... ---
**Author:** ![Nonsuch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nonsuch/32/2922_2.png) [@Nonsuch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nonsuch)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2020, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-and-melania-test-positive-for-covid-19/922010/364 "2020-10-02T21:32:44Z")
Trump may have insisted on receiving the medication – he’s undoubtedly desperate for anything with the potential to reduce his recovery time. ---
**Author:** ![ISiddiqui](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/97f17d/32.png) [@ISiddiqui](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ISiddiqui)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2020, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-and-melania-test-positive-for-covid-19/922010/365 "2020-10-02T21:33:42Z")
> [@Jungian\_Camisole1](#): > > I really hope this is just a precautionary measure, and not a sign of something far worse. Someone who is afraid of seeming weak likely wouldn’t have gone to a hospital for a precautionary measure. I’m guessing his symptoms were more than just mild. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2020, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-and-melania-test-positive-for-covid-19/922010/366 "2020-10-02T21:34:02Z")
> [@Nonsuch](#): > > Trump may have insisted on receiving the medication – he’s undoubtedly desperate for anything with the **potential to reduce his recovery time.** - He should be careful what he wishes for. It may come in a form he didn’t expect. ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2020, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-and-melania-test-positive-for-covid-19/922010/367 "2020-10-02T21:35:24Z")
> [@From Regeneron](#): > > “Greatest improvements in patients who had not mounted their own effective immune response prior to treatment” So much for [his superior genes](https://www.salon.com/2020/09/21/trumps-eugenics-obsession-he-thinks-he-has-good-german-genes-because-hes-a-fascist/)… ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Bravo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_bravo/32/493_2.png) [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2020, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-and-melania-test-positive-for-covid-19/922010/368 "2020-10-02T21:36:09Z")
> [@ISiddiqui](#): > > Someone who is afraid of seeming weak likely wouldn’t have gone to a hospital for a precautionary measure. Sure, but his handlers know how to manipulate him. And he’s dumb. Hence the whole, “Mr. President, would you like to inspect the bunker?” situation a few months back. Maybe they told him Obama had never used the presidential offices at Walter Reed. ---
**Author:** ![DeadTreasSecretaries](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/deadtreassecretaries/32/4817_2.png) [@DeadTreasSecretaries](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeadTreasSecretaries)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2020, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-and-melania-test-positive-for-covid-19/922010/369 "2020-10-02T21:37:53Z")
“Come on we’re going to get some ice cream. Three scoops!” ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2020, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-and-melania-test-positive-for-covid-19/922010/370 "2020-10-02T21:39:08Z")
Guys, like the Soviets playing Swan Lake for 2 days when Brezhnev died, if a monster truck rally starts playing on an endless loop on Fox, then we’ll know the worst has happened. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2020, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-and-melania-test-positive-for-covid-19/922010/371 "2020-10-02T21:41:23Z")
[![Google Photos](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/s7vCVrkAdcl-iFzTNMvGie1sMoNMt6iEH620b1auT2GoWm8TCa0-p318pBhDLr3XXQDa4wTltp2JZxEJ_aJQ64uxTRAOTR89Gv-7fx7QqgCd8vgEFXsUTNRGB9vHiBd_iyEDcdSxow=w600-h315-p-k "New item by John Thornton") ](https://photos.app.goo.gl/Urf4TQM1Arb3cvRV9) (Sorry) ---
**Author:** ![Ann\_Hedonia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ann_hedonia/32/319_2.png) [@Ann\_Hedonia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Hedonia)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2020, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-and-melania-test-positive-for-covid-19/922010/372 "2020-10-02T21:45:16Z")
> [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](#): > > > [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > > > So you approve if, in fact, Trump is faking this news. You would consider this “brilliant” for the president to lie about something this important, to destabilize the country (military forces are now on alert), all for his own and the Republican’s gain. > > I’m neither approving nor disapproving of the tactic, merely commenting on its brilliance. You’ll notice nobody is talking about his taxes anymore. If he dies, that would be a true 4 dimensional chess master move. Everyone will be talking about him and Biden will be sidelined from the news cycle for days! It’s so brilliant no one but Trump can see the brilliance! ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2020, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-and-melania-test-positive-for-covid-19/922010/373 "2020-10-02T21:54:23Z")
Nm, he didn’t leave yet. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2020, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-and-melania-test-positive-for-covid-19/922010/374 "2020-10-02T21:57:34Z")
> [@Fiddle\_Peghead](#): > > I truly hope he is fine. I want him to be around in November for his political execution. I still think he may lose, but remain President. Fareed Zakaria wrote about the entirely constitutional path he has to remain President even if he loses. It scared me because of how clear it seemed that he can do this. ---
**Author:** ![DeadTreasSecretaries](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/deadtreassecretaries/32/4817_2.png) [@DeadTreasSecretaries](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeadTreasSecretaries)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2020, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-and-melania-test-positive-for-covid-19/922010/375 "2020-10-02T22:04:11Z")
I do think it’s important that Trumpism be defeated by our voters and political system. There will be another Trump and it’s really important to cut down on a demagogue’s appeal by showing them to lose. ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Sam\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Stone)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2020, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-and-melania-test-positive-for-covid-19/922010/376 "2020-10-02T22:04:19Z")
Trump isn’t faking. He’s currently being raken to Walter Reed Hospital ‘for a few days’. If he were faking, he’d be staying in the White House. I suspect it’s more serious than they are letting on, as going to Walter Reed isn’t something Trump would do if he had a few sniffles or a sore throat. The optics are bad. On the other hand, they take no chances with a President. ---
**Author:** ![glowacks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/glowacks/32/5548_2.png) [@glowacks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glowacks)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2020, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-and-melania-test-positive-for-covid-19/922010/377 "2020-10-02T22:06:03Z")
I wonder if they’ve known for days that he’s been positive, but only announced the results when it became clear that he was going to be very symptomatic and they couldn’t hide it any more. ---
**Author:** ![Nonsuch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nonsuch/32/2922_2.png) [@Nonsuch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nonsuch)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2020, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-and-melania-test-positive-for-covid-19/922010/378 "2020-10-02T22:06:48Z")
He’s had a fever since this morning, whereas with Melania it really does appear to be a matter of the sniffles/sore throat. ---
**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2020, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-and-melania-test-positive-for-covid-19/922010/379 "2020-10-02T22:09:19Z")
Well, I put Trump’s info into the 19andme risk calculator for Covid-19 (I assumed that he has hypertension) and it gives him a 92% chance of surviving. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2020, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-and-melania-test-positive-for-covid-19/922010/380 "2020-10-02T22:12:52Z")
> [@ISiddiqui](#): > > I’m guessing his symptoms were more than just mild. Or he believes they are. ---
**Author:** ![Lobohan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobohan/32/79_2.png) [@Lobohan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobohan)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2020, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-and-melania-test-positive-for-covid-19/922010/381 "2020-10-02T22:13:39Z")
> [@Sage\_Rat](#): > > Well, I put Trump’s info into the 19andme risk calculator for Covid-19 (I assumed that he has hypertension) and it gives him a 92% chance of surviving. That’s a really _glass half empty_ way of stating it. ---
**Author:** ![ThisIsTheEnd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thisistheend/32/4713_2.png) [@ThisIsTheEnd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThisIsTheEnd)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2020, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-and-melania-test-positive-for-covid-19/922010/382 "2020-10-02T22:14:16Z")
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