# 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:** 13
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2020, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-has-covid/922022/242 "2020-10-03T16:26:54Z")
I just want to say, that if Trump dies… I hope to God his doctors were white, and not Jewish. ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2020, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-has-covid/922022/243 "2020-10-03T16:27:21Z")
When Covid came for the darker and poorer people disproportionately, I did not care because I was not one of them. When Covid came for the blue states mainly, I did not care because i’m a red-stater. Now Covid has come for me, and HOLY GOD WE HAVE TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS VIRUS AND FAST! WEAR A DAMN MASK PEOPLE!!! ---
**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, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-has-covid/922022/244 "2020-10-03T16:32:34Z")
"Pool reporters at Walter Reed pass along this assessment from a source familiar with Trump’s health: “The President’s vitals over last 24 hours were very concerning and the next 48 hours will be critical in terms of his care. We are still not on a clear path to a full recovery.” We don’t appear to be getting a clear picture of how he is really doing. ---
**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, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-has-covid/922022/245 "2020-10-03T16:37:57Z")
Its too early. Day 7 is when things start to show up. Check back next Wednesday. ---
**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:** [October 3, 2020, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-has-covid/922022/246 "2020-10-03T16:39:02Z")
Except that we don’t really know when he contacted it. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2020, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-has-covid/922022/247 "2020-10-03T16:44:51Z")
> [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](#): > > "Pool reporters at Walter Reed pass along this assessment from a source familiar with Trump’s health: “The President’s vitals over last 24 hours were very concerning and the next 48 hours will be critical in terms of his care. We are still not on a clear path to a full recovery.” > > We don’t appear to be getting a clear picture of how he is really doing. We’re probably going to have to rely on this sort of “report” and other leaks to get a picture of what is really happening. If he dies, I wonder how long it will/would be before it’s officially reported. BTW, where is Melania? Any reports on the state of her health? Still at the WH? ---
**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 3, 2020, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-has-covid/922022/248 "2020-10-03T16:45:16Z")
I hope Trump recovers, with complications bad enough to require regular healthcare – for which he can’t get insurance coverage upon leaving office due to the complications being preexisting conditions. ---
**Author:** ![asahi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asahi/32/8693_2.png) [@asahi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asahi)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2020, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-has-covid/922022/249 "2020-10-03T16:51:57Z")
I also hope Trump recovers. I hope he recovers and people see him looking like lethargic, lacking an ounce of the cocky energy he had before entering the hospital. I want his supporters to see that. ---
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2020, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-has-covid/922022/250 "2020-10-03T16:54:10Z")
It’s like a drone strike by science on the leadership of the GOP. ---
**Author:** ![Fiveyearlurker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/da6949/32.png) [@Fiveyearlurker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiveyearlurker)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2020, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-has-covid/922022/251 "2020-10-03T16:58:09Z")
Apparently, it was [Mark Meadows](https://twitter.com/passantino/status/1312436171423662081) himself providing this contradictory statement. ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2020, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-has-covid/922022/252 "2020-10-03T16:58:40Z")
> [@Morgyn](#): > > Speculation is that the announcement of the nomination of Barrett to the Supreme Court is the event where many of the people now testing positive were infected. OK its official, I’m calling this outbreak “The final curse of RBG.” You shoulda waited like she asked you to. ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2020, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-has-covid/922022/253 "2020-10-03T16:59:44Z")
A nice, succinct summation of what the Republicans would like to see and have actively promoted. > ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2020, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-has-covid/922022/254 "2020-10-03T17:07:47Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > If he dies, I wonder how long it will/would be before it’s officially reported. It’s going to be Generalissimo Francisco Franco all over again. Or Weekend At Bernies ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2020, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-has-covid/922022/255 "2020-10-03T17:09:10Z")
> [@asahi](#): > > I also hope Trump recovers. I hope he recovers and people see him looking like lethargic, lacking an ounce of the cocky energy he had before entering the hospital. I’d like to see him tottering around with a walker, wearing a dribble bib, with a note from his “doctor” written in sharpie, attesting that he is “the healthiest person ever” ---
**Author:** ![asahi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asahi/32/8693_2.png) [@asahi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asahi)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2020, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-has-covid/922022/256 "2020-10-03T17:25:58Z")
Whether Trump comes back or not is unknown (I’m guessing he will, but you never know). In any case, though, I’m fairly certain that there is already a healthy debate about whether he should come back - which is a good thing. That debate, that divide, only intensifies the longer he stays out of sight. ---
**Author:** ![Pardel-Lux](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pardel-lux/32/20182_2.png) [@Pardel-Lux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pardel-Lux)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2020, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-has-covid/922022/257 "2020-10-03T17:28:46Z")
Oh, yes, I remember the weeks and weeks of the daily medical bulletins about Generalísimo Franco’s health, the worn out suffering, the extirpation of two 3rds of his stomach, the gradual inflamations, the peritonitis, the renal disfunction, uremia and final renal collapse, the multiple organ failure and the septic shock leading to death. Yes, those are the things you remember 45 (!) years later. Would His Mikeness Pence also read the death bulletin on TV, sobbing like Carlos Arias Navarro did, Franco’s last President of the Government? Who else among his a[Q](https://schumanchu.eu/html/l/l_00097qanus.html)olites would want to read that statement? Would they _want_ to read it for posterity or would they want to _avoid_ being the one to read it? ---
**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, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-has-covid/922022/258 "2020-10-03T17:36:15Z")
> [@Pardel-Lux](#): > > Generalísimo Franco - Is he _still_ dead? I prefer dead Generals who don’t stay dead. ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2020, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-has-covid/922022/259 "2020-10-03T17:38:26Z")
I like generals who come from countries not named after a flu. ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2020, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-has-covid/922022/260 "2020-10-03T17:38:33Z")
Oh, is that what that SNL joke was about? I always thought it seemed like such a random non-sequitor. ---
**Author:** ![Pardel-Lux](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pardel-lux/32/20182_2.png) [@Pardel-Lux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pardel-Lux)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2020, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-has-covid/922022/261 "2020-10-03T17:38:57Z")
They will have to fight for the few remaining zombie vacancies left. Fists will fly. And other body parts too. Disgusting. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-has-covid/922022.md?page=12) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-has-covid/922022.md?page=14)