# Trump has COVID! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [October 2, 2020, 10:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-has-covid/922022 "2020-10-02T10:56:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 12
**Author:** ![HMS\_Irruncible](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hms_irruncible/32/7394_2.png) [@HMS\_Irruncible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HMS_Irruncible)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2020, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-has-covid/922022/222 "2020-10-03T14:06:52Z")
> [@JKellyMap](#): > > Awesome analogy — seriously. I’m surprised I hadn’t heard it before now. You’ve probably read “The Flight 93 Election”. Interesting article, would have been a great article if they correctly identified the party of the hijackers. ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2020, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-has-covid/922022/223 "2020-10-03T14:08:36Z")
I haven’t, actually! Atlantic Monthly? Harper’s? ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2020, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-has-covid/922022/224 "2020-10-03T14:11:34Z")
Found it. Wow. Every single word of that article is wrong — indeed, the opposite of the truth. > **[The Flight 93 Election - Claremont Review of Books](https://claremontreviewofbooks.com/digital/the-flight-93-election/)** ---
**Author:** ![HMS\_Irruncible](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hms_irruncible/32/7394_2.png) [@HMS\_Irruncible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HMS_Irruncible)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2020, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-has-covid/922022/225 "2020-10-03T14:23:44Z")
I liked the sentence “To ordinary conservative ears, this may sound histrionic.” No, dear, ordinary conservatives wholly approve this message because they operate entirely on histrionics. The only thing they like more than unlimited power fantasies is unlimited persecution fantasies. ---
**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 3, 2020, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-has-covid/922022/226 "2020-10-03T14:32:24Z")
A few minutes ago, one of CNN’s field reporters used the phrase “Trump is still the biggest tool in the campaign toolbox”. I gotta wonder if it was deliberate or not. :massive grin: ---
**Author:** ![Bill\_Door](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/50afbb/32.png) [@Bill\_Door](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bill_Door)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2020, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-has-covid/922022/227 "2020-10-03T14:35:39Z")
We know a lot more about treatment now then we did back in April, but it took Boris Johnson ten days to go from from “mild symptoms” to the hospital and only one additional day to end up in intensive care on oxygen. He spent three days in intensive care and was discharged three days later. He was not able to return to work until April 27, a full month after the positive test. ---
**Author:** ![StarvingButStrong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/starvingbutstrong/32/335_2.png) [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2020, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-has-covid/922022/228 "2020-10-03T14:57:32Z")
I just want him to spend at least 4 or 5 days in the hospital, and look significantly tired when he gets out. Just enough that he can’t do that “It was nothing, the doctor’s were just being excessively careful.” ---
**Author:** ![Hamlet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hamlet/32/2818_2.png) [@Hamlet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamlet)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2020, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-has-covid/922022/229 "2020-10-03T15:16:00Z")
> [@StarvingButStrong](#): > > Just enough that he can’t do that “It was nothing, the doctor’s were just being excessively careful.” Dude could be coughing up blood, in a wheelchair, while on a ventilator, with a couple limbs missing, and he’d still say “it was nothing”. The saddest part is his base would believe him. Personally, I think “the Deep State poisoned him” is going to be the mantra going forward. We could do a Conspiracy Bingo game to figure out how they’ll spin this. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2020, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-has-covid/922022/230 "2020-10-03T15:18:14Z")
They never should have ordered in from Comet Pizza… ---
**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 3, 2020, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-has-covid/922022/231 "2020-10-03T15:20:33Z")
But it’s only available every 76 years. ---
**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 3, 2020, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-has-covid/922022/232 "2020-10-03T15:40:05Z")
Chris Christie is positive for rona. > ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2020, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-has-covid/922022/233 "2020-10-03T15:45:43Z")
Yeah, saw that one coming. Two days spent in close quarters, non-stop talking while in debate prep with infected people. He was the one who gave us the only comparatively decent Trump official, Christopher Wray. I wish him well, but I’ll bet he’s shit scared. ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2020, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-has-covid/922022/234 "2020-10-03T15:55:01Z")
Waiting for the Giuliani shoe to drop. ---
**Author:** ![Si\_Amigo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/si_amigo/32/2877_2.png) [@Si\_Amigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Si_Amigo)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2020, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-has-covid/922022/235 "2020-10-03T15:56:37Z")
I believe he tested negative. ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2020, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-has-covid/922022/236 "2020-10-03T15:57:09Z")
We’ll see. ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2020, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-has-covid/922022/237 "2020-10-03T16:01:51Z")
The doctor certainly seems to be hiding a bit today. He’s not on oxygen NOW. Would he say that he was before? Of course not. What was his temperature? That’s classified. Great that Christie has it. I hope his doctor gets stuck on the GW bridge and can’t get to him. ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2020, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-has-covid/922022/238 "2020-10-03T16:03:57Z")
> [@BobLibDem](#): > > Great that Christie has it. I hope his doctor gets stuck on the GW bridge and can’t get to him. Too soon! ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2020, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-has-covid/922022/239 "2020-10-03T16:08:36Z")
Pence, Meadows and Barr should be making the list anytime. ---
**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:** [October 3, 2020, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-has-covid/922022/240 "2020-10-03T16:15:39Z")
Looks like we might get that swamp drained after all. ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2020, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-has-covid/922022/241 "2020-10-03T16:16:37Z")
> [@BobLibDem](#): > > The doctor certainly seems to be hiding a bit today. He’s not on oxygen NOW. I’m visualizing some backstage intern turning the valve off just long enough for him to get out that sentence. > [@BobLibDem](#): > > Great that Christie has it. I hope his doctor gets stuck on the GW bridge and can’t get to him. Couldn’t happen to a nicer asshole: > [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-has-covid/922022.md?page=11) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-has-covid/922022.md?page=13)