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#330876: Oct 2nd 2020 at 1:31:29 PM

And lo, Donald Trump got his wish. The entire world, for a glorious period of time, focused all its attention exclusively on his well-being.

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#330877: Oct 2nd 2020 at 1:31:37 PM

If they’re giving Trump treatments that may explain the lack of tweets, he could easily be to out of it to tweet.

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ElSquibbonator Since: Oct, 2014
#330878: Oct 2nd 2020 at 1:35:30 PM

The question is, will this change his stance regarding the pandemic itself?

SatoshiBakura (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#330879: Oct 2nd 2020 at 1:35:56 PM

They are giving him cocktails? Am I missing something here?

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#330880: Oct 2nd 2020 at 1:36:44 PM

A cocktail just means it is a mix of different drugs.

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SilentColossus (Don’t ask)
#330881: Oct 2nd 2020 at 1:37:43 PM

"Cocktail" meaning they're given him a combination of antibodies, and other medications, that will possibly help his immune system fighting off the infection.[nja]

Edited by SilentColossus on Oct 2nd 2020 at 1:38:52 AM

Falrinn Since: Dec, 2014
#330882: Oct 2nd 2020 at 1:38:07 PM

So Trump will be off the campaign trail for a bit and a half. What's Biden up to now?
I think it will more of less be business as usual for the time being since Biden didn't seem to have caught it during the angry shouting match that we had in place of the first debate.

He'll probably refrain from direct attacks on Trump for awhile, but that doesn't really change much.

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#330883: Oct 2nd 2020 at 1:47:46 PM

Take note that COVID tests cannot necessarily recognize a very early infection so even if Trump had infected Biden during the screaming match we wouldn't know about it yet.

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#330884: Oct 2nd 2020 at 1:52:57 PM

In 2016, Joe Biden said he wished they were in high school so that he could take Trump back behind the school building and beat the shit out of him.

Trump responded by blustering at a rally, claiming he would just blow on Biden and Biden would fall over.

Four years later, I find myself legit worried that the hot air blowing out of Trump's screaming, raging mouth may actually kill Joe Biden. The foreshadowing for this season has been so fucking weird.

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SatoshiBakura (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#330885: Oct 2nd 2020 at 1:53:50 PM

Ah, got it. Why do I not understand my first language?

singularityshot Since: Dec, 2012
#330886: Oct 2nd 2020 at 1:53:58 PM

Trump's stance on the pandemic is somewhat moot. He's made his bed, and now the doctors are telling him to lie in it.

538 however ask the question if this will affect Republican governors and their decision making process. Will we see for example Ron DeSantis reverse course and halt his moves to fully reopen Florida, now that the state's most famous resident has the disease.

Edited by singularityshot on Oct 2nd 2020 at 1:54:39 AM

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Hodor2 Since: Jan, 2015
#330889: Oct 2nd 2020 at 1:59:50 PM

This is sort of a medical question but how is it that Biden, Wallace, and everyone else in Trump’s vicinity don’t have it?

I mean I guess Barrett supports the theory that having it once makes you immune. But everyone else?

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#330890: Oct 2nd 2020 at 2:00:08 PM

Or timeliness.

I recall discussion here about how Trump mistreats his airplane pilots by, among other things, coming too late to the plane.

^Apart from the point above about it not being time yet, chance and masks matter.

Edited by SeptimusHeap on Oct 2nd 2020 at 11:01:02 AM

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#330892: Oct 2nd 2020 at 2:02:57 PM

[up][up][up]It's only been a few days - it may take two weeks for symptoms (if any) to show up. Also luck, I'd assume — it being contagious doesn't guarantee that being within six feet of someone who has it means you will get it.

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#330893: Oct 2nd 2020 at 2:03:11 PM

How serious does it have to be to give the president untested drug cocktails?

WillKeaton from Alberta, Canada Since: Jun, 2010
#330894: Oct 2nd 2020 at 2:14:56 PM

How bad would Trump's health have to be before Pence has to invoke, I think it's an article or something, saying he's in charge of the country now?

Galadriel Since: Feb, 2015
#330895: Oct 2nd 2020 at 2:17:09 PM

[up][up] CNN says it’s at Phase 3, so it’s not entirely untested. It’s partially, but not fully, tested.

But it does suggest that the doctors are worried; he’s got plenty of risk factors.

Edited by Galadriel on Oct 2nd 2020 at 5:18:26 AM

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#330896: Oct 2nd 2020 at 2:18:08 PM

The Washington Post is reporting that Donald Trump has been taken to Walter Reed Army Medical Center for treatment. There is no specific news about the severity of his condition.

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singularityshot Since: Dec, 2012
#330897: Oct 2nd 2020 at 2:18:39 PM

[up] x4 I doubt it means anything. No doctor is going to want to have the President of the United States die on their watch and it later be shown that they left a possible treatment option "in the locker" so to speak.

The only inference so far is that Melania hasn't been given the cocktail, so we know that at a minimum Donald has it worse than Melania.

[up]THAT on the other hand, oof. We are well and truly on the Johnson flight path now.

Edited to get my arrows straight.

Edited by singularityshot on Oct 2nd 2020 at 2:22:27 AM

NoName999 Since: May, 2011
#330898: Oct 2nd 2020 at 2:20:14 PM

[up][up]Holy shit!

Edited by NoName999 on Oct 2nd 2020 at 2:20:44 AM

Galadriel Since: Feb, 2015
#330899: Oct 2nd 2020 at 2:20:15 PM

[up][up][up] Well, that escalated quickly from “mild symptoms” this morning.

Edited by Galadriel on Oct 2nd 2020 at 5:20:34 AM

Hodor2 Since: Jan, 2015
#330900: Oct 2nd 2020 at 2:22:47 PM

Thanks for the responses. I missed the comment about the time-factor. I guess it's too early to breathe a sigh of relief.


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