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White House: Trump after testing positive, has 'mild symptoms' of COVID-19
Associated Press via Star Tribune ^ | 10/02/2020 | By JILL COLVIN and ZEKE MILLER Associated Press

Posted on 10/02/2020 10:02:00 AM PDT by SeekAndFind

The White House said Friday that President Donald Trump was suffering “mild symptoms” of COVID-19, adding that he was in good spirits and working in the family quarters though the announcement of his illness threw the country deeper into uncertainty just a month before the presidential election.

The revelation came in a Trump tweet about 1 a.m. after he had returned from an afternoon political fundraiser without telling the crowd he had been exposed to an aide with the disease that has killed more than 205,000 Americans and more than a million people worldwide.

First lady Melania Trump also tested positive, the president said, and several others in the White House have, too, prompting concern that the White House or even Trump himself might have spread the virus further. The Trumps' son Barron, who lives at the White House, tested negative.

Trump has spent much of the year downplaying the threat of the virus, rarely wearing a protective mask and urging states and cities to “reopen” and reduce or eliminate shutdown rules.

Both Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden and his running mate Kamala Harris have tested negative, their campaign said. Vice President Mike Pence tested negative for the virus Friday morning and “remains in good health,” his spokesman said.

Trump’s Supreme Court nominee, Judge Amy Coney Barrett, who was with him and many others on Saturday and has been on Capitol Hill meeting with lawmakers, also tested negative, the White House said.

Trump's diagnosis was sure to have a destabilizing effect in Washington and around the world, raising questions about how far the virus has spread through the highest levels of U.S. government. Hours before Trump announced he had contracted the virus, the White House said a top aide who had traveled with him during the week had tested positive.

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TOPICS: Breaking News; Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: associatedpress; braking; covid19; duluth; fearpers; flubros; jillcolvin; justtheflu; lateagain; mildsymptoms; trump; trumpcovid; zekemiller
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To: CedarDave

I’m sure they have it there just in case he may need it.


61 posted on 10/02/2020 10:36:24 AM PDT by Hildy (In an unforgiving world, only the shameless survive.)
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To: ripnbang

He is obese, if he is 244 lbs and 6’3”.


62 posted on 10/02/2020 10:38:57 AM PDT by PghBaldy (12/14 - 930am -rampage begins... 12/15 - 1030am - Obama's advance team scouts photo-op locations.)
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To: cdcdawg

LOL! You got that right!


63 posted on 10/02/2020 10:39:35 AM PDT by BradyLS (DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
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To: cdcdawg; al baby
“CNN just said a ventilator has been delivered to the white house”

That leads me to believe that a ventilator has not been delivered to the White House.

Congratulations! You have just been awarded the "Correctly Interpreting CNN News" Certificate!

64 posted on 10/02/2020 10:39:47 AM PDT by Lazamataz (The NYT commits acts of violence with their words.)
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To: BradyLS

Get better pres. And first lady too. Prayers for a mild case.


65 posted on 10/02/2020 10:40:36 AM PDT by rlbedfor
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To: M. Thatcher

CNN just makes shit up and dares anyone to do anything about it.


66 posted on 10/02/2020 10:40:39 AM PDT by Lazamataz (The NYT commits acts of violence with their words.)
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To: cdcdawg
“CNN just said a ventilator has been delivered to the white house” That leads me to believe that a ventilator has not been delivered to the White House.

That leads me to believe that ventilators have been delivered to CNN, they'll need it to catch their breath after all their hate spewing and Trump recovers in 10 days.

67 posted on 10/02/2020 10:42:10 AM PDT by 1Old Pro (FILL THE SEAT)
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To: PghBaldy

Not true...depends on his muscle mass percentage.


68 posted on 10/02/2020 10:42:17 AM PDT by mazz44 (http://knowledgeofhealth.com/why-animals-age-they-produce-less-vitamin-c-same-for-humans/)
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To: rlbedfor

Amen!


69 posted on 10/02/2020 10:42:20 AM PDT by BradyLS (DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
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To: al baby
CNN just said a ventilator has been delivered to the white house

A polygraph machine has been delivered to CNN.

70 posted on 10/02/2020 10:42:55 AM PDT by windsorknot
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To: SeekAndFind

To paraphrase Winston Churchill. Mr Biden, sir, I may be sick with covid right now but after my quarantine I will be well again. However, sir, you will still be cognitively impaired.


71 posted on 10/02/2020 10:51:17 AM PDT by chuckee
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To: All

ABC News
@ABC
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NEW: Pres.Trump did not participate in the only event listed on his public schedule today, sources tell ABC News.

He was slated to host a phone call on COVID-19 support to vulnerable seniors, but Vice President Mike Pence stepped in to host instead.


72 posted on 10/02/2020 10:52:25 AM PDT by janetjanet998
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To: krny9

He’s in better health than many half his age - as is manifested thru his energy and productivity level. Those in poor health can not handle his sort of schedule.


73 posted on 10/02/2020 10:53:12 AM PDT by HollyB
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To: al baby

I’m going to call fake news on that one. I highly doubt the White House medical facility was not equipped with The very best equipment from day one


74 posted on 10/02/2020 10:54:37 AM PDT by matt04
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To: All

BNO Newsroom
@BNODesk
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NEW: 2 more coronavirus cases found at the White House; one in a staffer and the other one in a journalist. No word on their identities - CNN


75 posted on 10/02/2020 10:55:42 AM PDT by janetjanet998
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To: CedarDave

It makes sense to have an ICU equivalent facility somewhere there just in case...Like the Russians Bomb us, etc.


76 posted on 10/02/2020 10:56:16 AM PDT by RummyChick (Stop Apologizing for things you didn't do. Stop Demanding Apologies when refuse to forgive)
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To: Bob434

The ‘Tolerant left’ are the most intolerant demographic.
They run around with love and peace on signs, but their hearts are full of hate, schemes, and chaos.


77 posted on 10/02/2020 10:56:23 AM PDT by HollyB
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To: al baby

“CNN just said a ventilator has been delivered to the white house”

Fake news.

If a ventilator was warranted, even as precaution, POTUS would be at Walter Reed.


78 posted on 10/02/2020 10:56:30 AM PDT by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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To: matt04

I’m going to call fake news on that one. I highly doubt the White House medical facility was not equipped with The very best equipment from day one


Fake but accurate?


79 posted on 10/02/2020 10:57:38 AM PDT by janetjanet998
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To: Mariner

You are thinking normal circumstances. They need to be prepared for it all.

Every possible contingency.

So they have a POTUS who has a disease that ends up with some on a ventilator. They need one there in case he can’t get out for some reason..whatever it may be.


80 posted on 10/02/2020 10:59:06 AM PDT by RummyChick (Stop Apologizing for things you didn't do. Stop Demanding Apologies when refuse to forgive)
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