# 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:** 1\ **Showing post:** 798
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2020, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-has-covid/922022/798 "2020-10-18T04:11:18Z")
New medical study indicates that sewage may be a transmission vector for COVID. To test the hypothesis, the researchers took rectal swabs of individuals at an outbreak in China: “Their throat swabs taken on April 13 tested positive for the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome virus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) by real-time reverse transcriptase–polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR). Subsequently, they were isolated for treatment. Their rectal swabs obtained on April 14 also tested positive.” > **[Sewage as a Possible Transmission Vehicle During a Coronavirus Disease 2019...](https://academic.oup.com/cid/article/73/7/e1795/5920983)** > > During a coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak in a densely populated community in Guangzhou, China, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 migh “Now Mr President, if you would just drop your trousers, bend over and spread the butt cheeks - this won’t hurt a bit - lovely - I can assure you, Sir, that is is one of the best samples I’ve ever taken!” --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-has-covid/922022)._