# 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:** 4
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2020, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-has-covid/922022/61 "2020-10-02T15:39:07Z")
> [@chela](#): > > Stay well Joe Biden! After all that spewing from potus Tuesday night who put everyone in danger, my thoughts and prayers are with Joe. Trump is said to have tested negative just before Tuesday’s debate. And Biden took a rapid test this morning and he is negative for the virus. ---
**Author:** ![MN\_Maenad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e95f7d/32.png) [@MN\_Maenad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MN_Maenad)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2020, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-has-covid/922022/62 "2020-10-02T15:44:12Z")
Given that it was his Chief of Staff that said his symptoms are “mild”, I think they’re actually significantly worse. Meadows is likely lying out his ass to try to make this look like it’s not a big deal. ---
**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 2, 2020, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-has-covid/922022/63 "2020-10-02T15:47:28Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > The news is saying Hope Hicks may be a ‘super spreader’. > > I thought that was Melania… Pah-dum-PAH! ---
**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 2, 2020, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-has-covid/922022/64 "2020-10-02T15:49:17Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > …Biden took a rapid test this morning and he is negative for the virus. It’s still a bit early to tell if Biden got it though, isn’t it? This article isn’t completely clear on the average span between exposure and a positive test if the virus was contracted. It does say that in the days between contracting the virus and showing symptoms a false negative is very possible. With trump’s sputum-spewing performance at the debate, that hall must have been one giant petri dish. > **[The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)](https://web.mit.edu)** > > The mission of MIT is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century. ---
**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 2, 2020, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-has-covid/922022/65 "2020-10-02T15:49:23Z")
> [@Dr\_Paprika](#): > > I hope you all feel good about yourselves for engaging in Presidential Harassment. 😉 It’s payback time. We’ve been presidentially harassed for nearly 4 years 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 2, 2020, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-has-covid/922022/66 "2020-10-02T15:56:40Z")
Perhaps Trump’s doctors should be looking into some kind of disinfectant, where it knocks it out in one minute. And there is probably a way we can do something like that by injection inside or almost a cleaning, you know? They should look into this cleaning of Trump’s lungs by injecting disinfectant. Or maybe Trump’s doctors could look into bringing light inside his body, which you can do either through the skin or in some other way. Because the whole concept of the light, the way it kills it in one minute - that’s pretty powerful. Anyway, I’ve heard people say these things, so they must be true. ---
**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 2, 2020, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-has-covid/922022/67 "2020-10-02T15:58:53Z")
It took her four years, but Clinton has her revenge. Deepest Deep State serial killer in existence. /s ---
**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, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-has-covid/922022/68 "2020-10-02T16:00:57Z")
“[The virus] affects virtually nobody.” Trump is a virtual nobody! ---
**Author:** ![Crane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crane/32/3495_2.png) [@Crane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crane)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2020, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-has-covid/922022/69 "2020-10-02T16:04:12Z")
Currently I am in Florida - no stars/planets visible. ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike1](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ukulele_ike1/32/4613_2.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike1)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2020, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-has-covid/922022/70 "2020-10-02T16:09:04Z")
Vanity Fair reports the short-fingered vulgarian is coughing and feverish. He’ll be in the Pleasant Land of Counterpane for a while. > **[17. The Land of Counterpane. Stevenson, Robert Louis. 1913. A Child’s Garden...](https://www.bartleby.com/188/117.html)** > > 17. The Land of Counterpane. Stevenson, Robert Louis. 1913. A Child’s Garden of Verses and Underwoods ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2020, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-has-covid/922022/71 "2020-10-02T16:10:34Z")
I seriously doubt Trump is faking this. The last thing he wants is to appear weak in public. Sure he constantly lies and denies, but that’s because he wants to reshape the truth. He’s made an entire career out of bulldozing anything that gets in his way, and never considers the consequences. He’s going to reshape this as “I’ve always supported fighting COVID,” make up shit to support his statements, and accuse his opponents of spreading lies. ---
**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 2, 2020, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-has-covid/922022/72 "2020-10-02T16:11:08Z")
I"m predicting a tweet along the lines of “Nobody knew how serious this disease is. I’m going to tell you something that is surprising, something that you probably didn’t know… Wearing masks is a good thing. I’m going to be signing an executive order banning anyone from being within 15 feet of me without a mask.” ---
**Author:** ![RitterSport](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rittersport/32/6326_2.png) [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2020, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-has-covid/922022/73 "2020-10-02T16:15:31Z")
Hey, where’s the “sarcasm” tag? 😉 ---
**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, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-has-covid/922022/74 "2020-10-02T16:15:56Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > The news is saying Hope Hicks may be a ‘super spreader’. > > I thought that was Melania… Apparently she got COVID because she can’t resist “hugging and kissing” cops and soldiers. > ---
**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, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-has-covid/922022/75 "2020-10-02T16:17:23Z")
I guess the likelihood of Trump getting a Mussolini send-off went down, so that’s probably a good thing. Probably. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2020, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-has-covid/922022/76 "2020-10-02T16:18:26Z")
> [@Ann\_Hedonia](#): > > “they come over to you & they want to hug you & they want to kiss you bc we really have done a good job for them, you get close, & things happen.” “things happen”. Wow, what have I been missing at these rallies?! ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2020, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-has-covid/922022/77 "2020-10-02T16:28:13Z")
> [@solost](#): > > I just posted on this in the Clusterfuck thread: > [The Trump Administration: A Clusterfuck in the Making Part Deux (Part 1) - #4264 by solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux/911083/4264) > > In addition to not wishing harm on anybody, I really don’t wish harm on trump because I don’t him to become a martyr to his followers, or gain sympathy from people on the fence about him. As I said in my post I quoted above, the irony that he brought it on himself will be lost on a lot of people. > > No, I want a healthy trump to be roundly voted out of office, his tactics and worldview thoroughly discredited, and live long enough to be punished for his crimes and see his empire of corruption crumble. Ambitious much? Also, while you’re up, could you wish me up a pony? ---
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2020, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-has-covid/922022/78 "2020-10-02T16:28:30Z")
What’s the big deal here? Trump has told us 99% of Covid cases are totally harmless… ---
**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 2, 2020, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-has-covid/922022/79 "2020-10-02T16:28:49Z")
Now news that Senator Mike Lee tests positive for Covid. It’s suddenly taking down high-profile Repubs like a row of dominoes. > **[Utah Sen. Mike Lee tests positive for coronavirus](https://www.marketwatch.com/story/utah-sen-mike-lee-tests-positive-for-coronavirus-2020-10-02)** > > Utah Sen. Mike Lee, a Republican, said Friday that he has tested positive for COVID-19. Lee said in a statement on Twitter that he'd tested positive on... ---
**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 2, 2020, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-has-covid/922022/80 "2020-10-02T16:30:44Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > Also, while you’re up, could you wish me up a pony? I’ll try, but “wish in one hand…” well, bottom line is you’ll probably have better luck filling the other hand. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-has-covid/922022.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-has-covid/922022.md?page=5)