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CharlesPhipps Since: Jan, 2001
#330651: Oct 2nd 2020 at 1:18:55 AM

"Clearly this will teach him to care about Covid!"

Shut up, Susan Collins.

Author of The Rules of Supervillainy, Cthulhu Armageddon, and United States of Monsters.
RedSavant Since: Jan, 2001
#330652: Oct 2nd 2020 at 1:22:42 AM

Trump claiming it's no worse than the flu isn't going to change the situation on the ground. He's already spent the past ten months downplaying it and pretending it's no big deal; him getting it and walking away isn't going to bring back 210,000 dead Americans.

If his base doesn't see that, then they're already not looking.

It's been fun.
Memers Since: Aug, 2013
#330653: Oct 2nd 2020 at 1:23:06 AM

Why would this be of any advantage to Trump?

He goes Asymptomatic and in 2-3 Weeks he hits the campaign trail full steam, saying it wasn’t bad at all and that everyone was just full of hot air and such.

All the gloating just blows up in everyone’s faces.

Edited by Memers on Oct 2nd 2020 at 1:25:10 AM

nova92 Since: Apr, 2020
#330654: Oct 2nd 2020 at 1:24:57 AM

And 200,000 people remain dead.

CharlesPhipps Since: Jan, 2001
#330655: Oct 2nd 2020 at 1:25:52 AM

If his base doesn't see that, then they're already not looking.

Trump is a fascist. The Leader can never show weakness.

This is a blow to him just by having it.

Author of The Rules of Supervillainy, Cthulhu Armageddon, and United States of Monsters.
3of4 Just a harmless giant from a foreign land. from Five Seconds in the Future. Since: Jan, 2010 Relationship Status: GAR for Archer
Just a harmless giant from a foreign land.
#330656: Oct 2nd 2020 at 1:27:01 AM

The only way he stays in quarantine for 2-3 weeks would be a ball and chain

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CharlesPhipps Since: Jan, 2001
#330657: Oct 2nd 2020 at 1:29:05 AM

Someone will teach him Zoom.

We'll never recover.

Author of The Rules of Supervillainy, Cthulhu Armageddon, and United States of Monsters.
Imca (Veteran)
#330658: Oct 2nd 2020 at 1:29:38 AM

If his base doesn't see that, then they're already not looking.

Is this in any doubt? Covid-19 has killed more Amercians then all the wars it has been in save WWII PUT TOGETHER.

And is killing them at a faster rate then WWII did, the only reason WWII still wins out is that it lasted 3 years longer, but covid will overtake it on its anniversary if it doesn't slow.

They are already not looking, but if Trump gets it and survives, it emboldens there claims, emboldens doesn't mean that it has any grounding in reality.

Boston Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: Can't buy me love
#330659: Oct 2nd 2020 at 1:30:15 AM

If he passes, I say we give him just as long a period of mourning as he gave Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

RedSavant Since: Jan, 2001
#330660: Oct 2nd 2020 at 1:35:12 AM

Sure, but my point is that they're already not wearing masks and shouting in grocery stores and so on. Them thinking "ooh, the President got it and he said it wasn't bad" isn't going to change a damn thing about how they act, nor will it protect them if they get sick themselves.

Their safety standards can hardly get worse, is my point.

It's been fun.
3of4 Just a harmless giant from a foreign land. from Five Seconds in the Future. Since: Jan, 2010 Relationship Status: GAR for Archer
Just a harmless giant from a foreign land.
#330661: Oct 2nd 2020 at 1:46:17 AM

If Trump mutes you on Zoom, isn't that censorship?

"You can reply to this Message!"
Wispy Since: Feb, 2017
#330662: Oct 2nd 2020 at 1:47:02 AM

[up]In the far right's logic? Yes.

Imca (Veteran)
#330663: Oct 2nd 2020 at 1:49:58 AM

There's cant, but it can for other people.

You have to realize how "Trump got it and said it was nothing" would provide them ammo that can be used on people who are only sort of onboard with this whole mask thing.

Redmess Redmess from Netherlands Since: Feb, 2014
Redmess
#330664: Oct 2nd 2020 at 2:13:13 AM

Actually, I want Trump to survive this. First of all, it would at least teach him a hard lesson. And second of all, the last thing the US needs right now is another election crisis on top of the one it already has by the incumbent dying.

Never mind the pandemonium if both candidates died.

Hope shines brightest in the darkest times
M84 Oh, bother. from Our little blue planet Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Oh, bother.
#330665: Oct 2nd 2020 at 2:13:56 AM

Trump won't learn anything from this.

Disgusted, but not surprised
Jasaiga Since: Jan, 2015
#330666: Oct 2nd 2020 at 2:29:43 AM

If he only has mild symptoms or none at all he’ll probably downplay it even more to his cult.

“See? No big deal!”

Imca (Veteran)
#330667: Oct 2nd 2020 at 2:29:45 AM

Yea.... he isn't going to learn from this.

Redmess Redmess from Netherlands Since: Feb, 2014
Redmess
#330668: Oct 2nd 2020 at 2:37:32 AM

Death is not karma, by the way. You want karma?

The biggest blowhard on TV getting a crippling lung condition for the rest of his life. Now that is karma.

Hope shines brightest in the darkest times
Kayeka (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#330669: Oct 2nd 2020 at 2:37:59 AM

The odds for a mild case are annoyingly in his favour, so let's not get too excited.

Edited by Kayeka on Oct 2nd 2020 at 11:38:22 AM

Jasaiga Since: Jan, 2015
#330670: Oct 2nd 2020 at 2:41:30 AM

Well he fits the demographic:

Old, Obese, generally poor.

cool

Kayeka (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#330671: Oct 2nd 2020 at 2:48:42 AM

And access to literally the best healthcare money can buy.

slimcoder The Head of the Hydra Since: May, 2013
The Head of the Hydra
#330672: Oct 2nd 2020 at 2:49:55 AM

As said before he is a fat old fuck who's body is clearly decrepit by his inability to properly walk down stairs or drink a glass of water with one hand who has been literally inviting the virus to infect him with all those rallies.

He very obviously doesn't give a fuck about his health and won't start doing so now. Devil's luck gotta run out one of these days.

Edited by slimcoder on Oct 2nd 2020 at 2:51:07 AM

"I am Alpharius. This is a lie."
Redmess Redmess from Netherlands Since: Feb, 2014
Redmess
#330673: Oct 2nd 2020 at 2:52:45 AM

How are the odds in his favour? He is most definitely in the risk group for very serious complications, and there is only so much money and healthcare can do, even for a president.

Hope shines brightest in the darkest times
devak They call me.... Prophet Since: Jul, 2019 Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]
They call me.... Prophet
#330674: Oct 2nd 2020 at 2:53:38 AM

The weird thing is that he actually does care about his health... In his own way. Trump belies the body's energy is finite, so working out kills you faster

Balmung Since: Oct, 2011
#330675: Oct 2nd 2020 at 2:56:01 AM

Is this in any doubt? Covid-19 has killed more Amercians then all the wars it has been in save WWII PUT TOGETHER.

Nitpick, but the American Civil War killed about 650,000 Americans soldiers (also there were over 130,000 more civilians killed in the ACW, more than half of whom were slaves), nearly as many as every other American war combined. There's also more than 210,000 American deaths between America's other wars. Even limiting it to strictly combat deaths, COVID is still a few thousand behind the American Civil War (though it will probably surpass that in 10-14 days).

However, it's absolutely correct if you meant that it's killed more Americans than every war the US has been in since WWII put together. In fact, it's killed about twice that many.


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