Trump Has COVID megathread (update 10/24: 2 Pence staffers test positive)

[GeneralMacArthur]

Masks don't prevent you from getting COVID.

Masks stop you from giving COVID to other people.

Thom Tillis wearing a mask wouldn't have saved him from Kellyanne Conway breathing in his face.  Instant COVID.  Just ask Kellyanne's daughter.

And masks are only reducing a certain percentage of the particles.  They are effective because they reduce the ODDS of spreading the disease to someone.  If you keep reducing the odds enough you can slow the spread enough to contain the virus.  Like instead of 100 people a day getting COVID, it might be 10 or 15 people a day.  Same with social distancing.

But Trump sitting right next to a secret service agent in a hermetically sealed vehicle for an extended period of time?  The mask won't stop him from breathing his COVID particles all throughout the vehicle.  Mark my words, every single person in that vehicle will contract COVID within the week.

It's totally indefensible.  But such is life in Trump's administration.

[GeorgiaModerate]

https://twitter.com/PeterAlexander/status/1312909716037791746

[GeneralMacArthur]

Can some enterprising reporter get us the names of the secret service agents who were in the vehicle?

[Hammy]

And masks are only reducing a certain percentage of the particles.  They are effective because they reduce the ODDS of spreading the disease to someone.  If you keep reducing the odds enough you can slow the spread enough to contain the virus.  Like instead of 100 people a day getting COVID, it might be 10 or 15 people a day.  Same with social distancing..

Masks are extremely effective if the person infected wears them--there was a story of a hair cuttery where two employees were positive, everybody wore masks, and nobody got sick.

[compucomp]

Masks don't prevent you from getting COVID.

Masks stop you from giving COVID to other people.

Thom Tillis wearing a mask wouldn't have saved him from Kellyanne Conway breathing in his face.  Instant COVID.  Just ask Kellyanne's daughter.

And masks are only reducing a certain percentage of the particles.  They are effective because they reduce the ODDS of spreading the disease to someone.  If you keep reducing the odds enough you can slow the spread enough to contain the virus.  Like instead of 100 people a day getting COVID, it might be 10 or 15 people a day.  Same with social distancing.

But Trump sitting right next to a secret service agent in a hermetically sealed vehicle for an extended period of time?  The mask won't stop him from breathing his COVID particles all throughout the vehicle.  Mark my words, every single person in that vehicle will contract COVID within the week.

It's totally indefensible.  But such is life in Trump's administration.

I saw the Secret Service agents in the picture wearing N95 masks. So they have a chance of not catching it. But if I were in the car, I'd also be wearing a face shield and disposable gown and still be sweating that I was infected.

[GeneralMacArthur]

And masks are only reducing a certain percentage of the particles.  They are effective because they reduce the ODDS of spreading the disease to someone.  If you keep reducing the odds enough you can slow the spread enough to contain the virus.  Like instead of 100 people a day getting COVID, it might be 10 or 15 people a day.  Same with social distancing..

Masks are extremely effective if the person infected wears them--there was a story of a hair cuttery where two employees were positive, everybody wore masks, and nobody got sick.

It's just random.  You can flip a coin ten times and have it come up heads all ten times.  Doesn't mean you should stake your life on it not coming up tails.

[Meclazine for Israel]

Trump Driveby

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CS4pGkfF37Q

All Media outlets reported he was waving to them.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

[The Dowager Mod]

This is one of those rare threads where I get to point and laugh at the other mods.

[NOVA Green]

Masks don't prevent you from getting COVID.

Masks stop you from giving COVID to other people.

Thom Tillis wearing a mask wouldn't have saved him from Kellyanne Conway breathing in his face.  Instant COVID.  Just ask Kellyanne's daughter.

And masks are only reducing a certain percentage of the particles.  They are effective because they reduce the ODDS of spreading the disease to someone.  If you keep reducing the odds enough you can slow the spread enough to contain the virus.  Like instead of 100 people a day getting COVID, it might be 10 or 15 people a day.  Same with social distancing.

But Trump sitting right next to a secret service agent in a hermetically sealed vehicle for an extended period of time?  The mask won't stop him from breathing his COVID particles all throughout the vehicle.  Mark my words, every single person in that vehicle will contract COVID within the week.

It's totally indefensible.  But such is life in Trump's administration.

I saw the Secret Service agents in the picture wearing N95 masks. So they have a chance of not catching it. But if I were in the car, I'd also be wearing a face shield and disposable gown and still be sweating that I was infected.

N-95 Masks are good, although naturally do not completely stop the spread of the disease...

When they first re-opened the Factory I work at after the Forest Fire Smokes shut the joint down, we had complaints from line-workers about the smoke levels inside the Factory with particulates, even although Indoor AQI was only around 180 vs the 500+ levels we were experiencing outside, and complaints from the workers were "will masks be provided"...

Only mask that might have helped against the smoke from the Forest Fires was obviously not available to Factory Workers in Oregon because of dramatic shortages....

The rest of us "normal workers" don't get anything close to the PPE afforded to the wealthy, powerful, not to mention even masks designed to protect medical workers against COVID-19...

Trump did not appear to be wearing an N-95 mask, unless I missed something... plus please source the seeing Secret Service Members wearing N-95 masks....

Not doubting you, but this s**t is real....

[compucomp]

Masks don't prevent you from getting COVID.

Masks stop you from giving COVID to other people.

Thom Tillis wearing a mask wouldn't have saved him from Kellyanne Conway breathing in his face.  Instant COVID.  Just ask Kellyanne's daughter.

And masks are only reducing a certain percentage of the particles.  They are effective because they reduce the ODDS of spreading the disease to someone.  If you keep reducing the odds enough you can slow the spread enough to contain the virus.  Like instead of 100 people a day getting COVID, it might be 10 or 15 people a day.  Same with social distancing.

But Trump sitting right next to a secret service agent in a hermetically sealed vehicle for an extended period of time?  The mask won't stop him from breathing his COVID particles all throughout the vehicle.  Mark my words, every single person in that vehicle will contract COVID within the week.

It's totally indefensible.  But such is life in Trump's administration.

I saw the Secret Service agents in the picture wearing N95 masks. So they have a chance of not catching it. But if I were in the car, I'd also be wearing a face shield and disposable gown and still be sweating that I was infected.

N-95 Masks are good, although naturally do not completely stop the spread of the disease...

When they first re-opened the Factory I work at after the Forest Fire Smokes shut the joint down, we had complaints from line-workers about the smoke levels inside the Factory with particulates, even although Indoor AQI was only around 180 vs the 500+ levels we were experiencing outside, and complaints from the workers were "will masks be provided"...

Only mask that might have helped against the smoke from the Forest Fires was obviously not available to Factory Workers in Oregon because of dramatic shortages....

The rest of us "normal workers" don't get anything close to the PPE afforded to the wealthy, powerful, not to mention even masks designed to protect medical workers against COVID-19...

Trump did not appear to be wearing an N-95 mask, unless I missed something... plus please source the seeing Secret Service Members wearing N-95 masks....

Not doubting you, but this s**t is real....

Trump was not wearing one indeed, but the guy sitting in the front passenger seat is. He may be wearing a face shield as well.

And yes, N95 is not perfect, it will block 95% of airborne particles. There's N99 and N100 but I don't know if that's available for anyone to purchase now.

https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/trump-covid-19-updates-sunday/h_ab956b255062d78ea69d73afa78f47ac

[Inmate Trump]

Masks don't prevent you from getting COVID.

Masks stop you from giving COVID to other people.

Thom Tillis wearing a mask wouldn't have saved him from Kellyanne Conway breathing in his face.  Instant COVID.  Just ask Kellyanne's daughter.

And masks are only reducing a certain percentage of the particles.  They are effective because they reduce the ODDS of spreading the disease to someone.  If you keep reducing the odds enough you can slow the spread enough to contain the virus.  Like instead of 100 people a day getting COVID, it might be 10 or 15 people a day.  Same with social distancing.

But Trump sitting right next to a secret service agent in a hermetically sealed vehicle for an extended period of time?  The mask won't stop him from breathing his COVID particles all throughout the vehicle.  Mark my words, every single person in that vehicle will contract COVID within the week.

It's totally indefensible.  But such is life in Trump's administration.

I saw the Secret Service agents in the picture wearing N95 masks. So they have a chance of not catching it. But if I were in the car, I'd also be wearing a face shield and disposable gown and still be sweating that I was infected.

N-95 Masks are good, although naturally do not completely stop the spread of the disease...

When they first re-opened the Factory I work at after the Forest Fire Smokes shut the joint down, we had complaints from line-workers about the smoke levels inside the Factory with particulates, even although Indoor AQI was only around 180 vs the 500+ levels we were experiencing outside, and complaints from the workers were "will masks be provided"...

Only mask that might have helped against the smoke from the Forest Fires was obviously not available to Factory Workers in Oregon because of dramatic shortages....

The rest of us "normal workers" don't get anything close to the PPE afforded to the wealthy, powerful, not to mention even masks designed to protect medical workers against COVID-19...

Trump did not appear to be wearing an N-95 mask, unless I missed something... plus please source the seeing Secret Service Members wearing N-95 masks....

Not doubting you, but this s**t is real....

Trump was not wearing one indeed, but the guy sitting in the front passenger seat is. He may be wearing a face shield as well.

And yes, N95 is not perfect, it will block 95% of airborne particles. There's N99 and N100 but I don't know if that's available for anyone to purchase now.

https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/trump-covid-19-updates-sunday/h_ab956b255062d78ea69d73afa78f47ac

Back in July I unknowingly was exposed to three covid positive patients, and I only wore a surgical mask...I didn’t catch covid.

I’m not an expert at all, but at least I didn’t catch it.

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

https://twitter.com/HKrassenstein/status/1312924522761334788?s=19
https://twitter.com/HKrassenstein/status/1312872777871917056?s=19

[Tender Branson]

„Drive-by spreader in-chief.“

[Former President tack50]

Trump = Literally Satan then?

[Progressive Pessimist]

In regards to the mask discussion and how some who did wear masks at the Rose Garden event got sick, keep in mind that masks and being outdoors can only do so much when you're still clustered close together with many others for a somewhat lengthy amount of time.

[BlueSwan]

This car ride illustrates why Trump is unlikely to get a sympathy bump. He probably could get such a bump, but he'd have to play his cards right and Donald Trump never plays his cards right. He os gonna pull sh**t like this and you just know that if indeed he gets well soon, he'll boast about it and generally act like the ass he is, because he is incapable of showing normal human emotions.

[Landslide Lyndon]

He must be taking some pretty good sh**t.

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1313073591974592512

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1313071950781181953

[Middle-aged Europe]

He must be taking some pretty good sh**t.

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1313073591974592512

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1313071950781181953

WHOA...

[Torrain]

He must be taking some pretty good sh**t.

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1313073591974592512
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1313071950781181953

WHOA...

This can't be good, right? No one, not even Trump loyalists can see this as stable behaviour, right?

I mean, would you discharge someone acting like this, back to the White House? Would you give them back their little paper slip with the nuclear codes?

[Buzz]

He must be taking some pretty good sh**t.

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1313073591974592512
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1313071950781181953

WHOA...

This can't be good, right? No one, not even Trump loyalists can see this as stable behaviour, right?

I mean, would you discharge someone acting like this, back to the White House? Would you give them back their little paper slip with the nuclear codes?

He’s literally just tweeting.......

[rhg2052]

He must be taking some pretty good sh**t.

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1313073591974592512

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1313071950781181953

WHOA...

Someone just got some bad polling news...

[Horus]

He must be taking some pretty good sh**t.

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1313073591974592512
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1313071950781181953

WHOA...

This can't be good, right? No one, not even Trump loyalists can see this as stable behaviour, right?

I mean, would you discharge someone acting like this, back to the White House? Would you give them back their little paper slip with the nuclear codes?

He’s literally just tweeting.......

Do you think stable people tweet like that? All caps, back to back, this is Kanye when he's off his meds stuff. It's messy even for Trump.

[They not like us]

Am I the only one who thinks he's not the one tweeting those? I have a feeling it's Jared just rattling off talking points to project stability.

[BlueSwan]

He must be taking some pretty good sh**t.

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1313073591974592512
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1313071950781181953

WHOA...

This can't be good, right? No one, not even Trump loyalists can see this as stable behaviour, right?

I mean, would you discharge someone acting like this, back to the White House? Would you give them back their little paper slip with the nuclear codes?

I don't know. Isn't this just Trump being Trump, ready to f*** things up for himself so he ensures that he will not get a sympathy bump?