# 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:** 37
**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 8, 2020, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-has-covid/922022/722 "2020-10-08T00:52:27Z")
Nothing but tweets and video. South Korean intelligence is reporting that Trump is dead. ---
**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 8, 2020, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-has-covid/922022/723 "2020-10-08T00:52:48Z")
He put out a video. > Does it look like his cheek is swollen or something? ---
**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 8, 2020, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-has-covid/922022/724 "2020-10-08T00:55:28Z")
> [@QuickSilver](#): > > Nothing but tweets and video. South Korean intelligence is reporting that Trump is dead. - Don’t _do_ that!!! ---
**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 8, 2020, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-has-covid/922022/725 "2020-10-08T00:56:20Z")
Nah. He looks like his usual bloated idiot. ---
**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 8, 2020, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-has-covid/922022/726 "2020-10-08T00:57:32Z")
> [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](#): > > Does it look like his cheek is swollen or something? I wonder why he filmed that outside? ---
**Author:** ![romansperson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/romansperson/32/17100_2.png) [@romansperson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/romansperson)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2020, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-has-covid/922022/727 "2020-10-08T01:03:24Z")
I am wondering why there seems to be radio silence about everyone else who has been infected and how they are faring. Some of them are public figures, and you’d think there’d be media asking questions about them at least. But it seems to be all Agent Orange all the time, and of course what’s been said about his health has been … carefully curated. ---
**Author:** ![peccavi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peccavi/32/388_2.png) [@peccavi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peccavi)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2020, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-has-covid/922022/728 "2020-10-08T01:06:22Z")
It just occurred to me… It is a shame Hunter S. Thompson isn’t alive to cover this. (though it looks like Ralph Steadman is still alive- I’d love to see some art on this administration out of him) ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2020, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-has-covid/922022/729 "2020-10-08T01:21:55Z")
> [@QuickSilver](#): > > South Korean intelligence is reporting that Trump is dead. I’d take it more seriously if _North_ Korean intelligence was reporting Trump is dead. They and Putin will be the first to know. ---
**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 8, 2020, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-has-covid/922022/730 "2020-10-08T01:24:31Z")
> [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](#): > > He put out a video. According to the metadata from his YouTube version, this was created at 5:13 PM. ---
**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 8, 2020, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-has-covid/922022/731 "2020-10-08T01:28:32Z")
> [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](#): > > Does it look like his cheek is swollen or something? The right side of his face (left side facing us in the video) looks like it’s drooping. The eye is drooping, even his mouth a bit. I think there is something wrong. (Or maybe I just want there to be!) ---
**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 8, 2020, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-has-covid/922022/732 "2020-10-08T01:33:32Z")
> [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](#): > > Does it look like his cheek is swollen or something? Put the video on full screen. Then hold a card up to his face, covering half of it. Watch for a while, then cover the other half of his face. His right eye is a bit closed and droopy (might be the sunlight) and there is sort of a bulge in his right cheek near his mouth. FWIW. ---
**Author:** ![smithsb](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smithsb/32/12107_2.png) [@smithsb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smithsb)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2020, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-has-covid/922022/733 "2020-10-08T01:51:55Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > Put the video on full screen. Then hold a card up to his face, covering half of it. Watch for a while, then cover the other half of his face. His right eye is a bit closed and droopy (might be the sunlight) and there is sort of a bulge in his right cheek near his mouth. FWIW. Do not wish that on people. Small children may be watching. 😬 ---
**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 8, 2020, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-has-covid/922022/734 "2020-10-08T01:56:43Z")
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**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2020, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-has-covid/922022/735 "2020-10-08T02:00:35Z")
> [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](#): > > - changes in the shape or location of **body fat** (especially in your arms, legs, **face** , neck, breasts, and waist). > > Maybe it’s a side effect. Bolding mine. It’s not an immediate effect. ---
**Author:** ![Frazzled](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frazzled/32/3368_2.png) [@Frazzled](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frazzled)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2020, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-has-covid/922022/736 "2020-10-08T02:47:26Z")
A few years ago I had Bell’s Palsy. That caused a level of paralysis on half of my face and I had trouble with a dry eye for a while… To me it looked like he might be suffering from that right now. ---
**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 8, 2020, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-has-covid/922022/737 "2020-10-08T03:22:08Z")
> [@QuickSilver](#): > > Nothing but tweets and video. South Korean intelligence is reporting that Trump is dead… “This just in: Generalissimo Trump is still struggling in his valiant efforts to remain dead.” ---
**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 8, 2020, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-has-covid/922022/738 "2020-10-08T04:33:35Z")
A FEMA report was leaked. It says there are 34 people in the WH who have tested positive for COVID. > **[Thirty four people connected to the White House infected with COVID](https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8817679/Thirty-four-people-connected-White-House-infected-COVID-according-leaked-FEMA-report.html)** > > A memo produced for FEMA on Wednesday, and obtained by ABC News, said that 34 people within the White House were known to be infected with COVID-19 - a tally that rises daily. ---
**Author:** ![JaneDoe42](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/janedoe42/32/14104_2.png) [@JaneDoe42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JaneDoe42)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2020, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-has-covid/922022/739 "2020-10-08T04:42:15Z")
So, just wondering, are all of those people going to get the level of treatment that POTUS did? I’m not really worried about the political ones, I’m worried about the ones who clean the toilets and cook the food. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2020, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-has-covid/922022/740 "2020-10-08T04:46:27Z")
> [@romansperson](#): > > I am wondering why there seems to be radio silence about everyone else who has been infected and how they are faring. Some of them are public figures, and you’d think there’d be media asking questions about them at least. But it seems to be all Agent Orange all the time, and of course what’s been said about his health has been … carefully curated. If I had to guess, a combination of them not wanting the public to know how bad things are (if they were good, they’d be bloating about it) as well as, knowing that the more they bad news about covid that gets released from the WH is going to give Kamala that much more ammo. FWIW, I assume Trump’s reversal on the stimulus package was related to the debate as well. I’m guessing his initial decision was an impulse and an advisor told him to walk it back (and offer to sign something ASAP) before tonight. > [@Frazzled](#): > > A few years ago I had Bell’s Palsy. That caused a level of paralysis on half of my face and I had trouble with a dry eye for a while Well overwhelmingly likely not to be the case, I had an eye doctor once ask if I had Bell’s Palsy. As it turned out, my face was frozen from some dental work a few hours earlier. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2020, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-has-covid/922022/741 "2020-10-08T06:37:22Z")
So China is going to pay for free Regeneron for all. Which basically means that the US taxpayers are paying. Meanwhile, he still doesn’t understand how science works. He got several medications but he is sure that this is the one that made him feel better so it must be a cure. Ignore the fact that only ten people have tried it. Ignore the fact that anecdotes are not statistics and that correlation does not equal causation. Just give it to everybody because you think it will work and who cares about the side effects or the efficacy or the cost. I can’t even express how upset I am at this moron. I actually find myself hoping that he will get worse so that he will have to acknowledge how little he understands. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-has-covid/922022.md?page=36) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-has-covid/922022.md?page=38)