We extend our best wishes to Donald and Melania Trump in dealing with their Covid-19 infection. They will get the best medical treatment and aid possible.
Just because Hope Hicks was the first to test positive does not mean that she was the source that brought it into the White House. There had been a report of an infected distant and unnamed White House staffer earlier. But with the crowded and unmasked White House staff, many members have already been infected. Many will also have to quarantine and work from home. There was an outdoor party for Trump’s Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett last Saturday where we reported everybody mixing unmasked and crowded, just four days before Hope Hicks showed symptoms on Wednesday, and tested positive Thursday morning.
VP Pence met with the President on Tuesday, and undoubtedly will have to quarantine. Trump met with a group of donors this week also. Will the hearings for Judge Barrett have to be postponed?
It is 33 days until the election.
Hopefully, Republicans and Trump’s followers will realize that the Coronavirus is readily transmissible and very serious, and start taking it seriously. This would increase masking and social distancing. The Governors who have slavishly followed Trump’s reopening at all costs and hiding the infection data (Ron DeSantis of Florida) will finally be pressured by reasonable people to give in to their wishes to allow them to protect themselves. The cancellation of Trump’s rallies should help eliminate some serious spreading events.
Oddly, an article just appeared that statins, which many take for prevention of heart problems, do lead to some protection from the Coronavirus. I once saw a mention that Trump does take statins, although we do not know much about his health condition.
