We didn't have to wait too long for our "October surprise" this election cycle. We found out on Thursday morning that Hope Hicks, a close advisor to Trump, had tested positive. She had been in close contact with him all through the week, including debate prep and his disaster spitshow rabid performance in the debate on Tuesday. But knowing that his close contact had COVID-19, did Trump isolate himself? No, he did not. He instead went to a fundraiser at his golf club, where superfans paid $250K each to spend time in close quarters with the president ... and his shedding virus. Yippee!
It's not just him, though. Turns out that the source of the outbreak is probably the Rose Garden ceremony a week ago where Trump nominated Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court to fill the seat of Our Lady of Dissent Ruth Bader Ginsburg. It was a craven move that he never should have made, and I'm not a religious person like ACB and all the rest of them claim to be, but if I were, I would sure as hell think that God was smiting me and my whole crew for our (their) terrible sins.
ACB herself reportedly had COVID-19 "over the summer" but recovered. I put the quotes there because let's review: She's a lawyer, and also "the summer" could mean anytime before September 22. So if "over the summer" sounds deliberately vague, I'm sure that's not on purpose or anything. (It's totally on purpose.)
Anyway, so ACB didn't get COVID-19 after this even, but you know who has? Donald Trump. Melania Trump. Sen. Mike Lee. Sen. Thom Tillis. Former Governor Chris Christie (who is already hospitalized). Campaign manager Bill Stepian. Former senior advisor and peddler of "alternative facts" Kellyanne Conway. Oh, and Fr. John Jenkins, president of Notre Dame, who was there because ACB was a professor at ND.
SO FAR.
Those are just the big names. In addition, several White House reporters and staffers have tested positive. And those people are on their own to figure out their health care. They don't get helicopter rides to Walter Reed or experimental drug cocktails just for funsies.
But back to the president. He announced very early Friday morning that he had tested positive, and by Friday evening, he was taken by helicopter to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center. There have been confirmed reports that his oxygen levels were low enough for him to need supplemental oxygen at times on both Friday and Saturday. He was given an experimental antibody cocktail on Friday, then started remdesivir, a drug that has only been approved for compassionate use in severe cases. He'll get a five-day course of it, and theoretically, it will make it harder for the virus to replicate. Then today came the news that he is ALSO taking dexamethasone, a steroid that the World Health Organization said showed promise in reducing mortality for critically ill patients.
Yet Trump's doctors insist that his symptoms are mild and that he's on the road to recovery, and might even be released from Walter Reed and sent back to the White House tomorrow to continue his recovery. Do you believe that? Yeah, I don't either.
And listen, I'm not saying I hope for any bad outcomes. I don't. I want him to get healthy so he can get his ass kicked in this election and then spend the rest of his life being held accountable for his many crimes. But it's not up to me, and it's not even up to him anymore. The virus in in charge now.
Stay safe. Wash your hands. Wear your mask. Don't be like this parade of dumbasses.
P.S. You would think that in this situation, Mike Pence would be in total isolation with Mother Pence, just waiting for his chance to fulfil his lifelong dream of ascending to the Oval Office by hook or by crook. But NOPE, he's out campaigning in person like everything's totally fine! Listen, just between you and me, it seems entirely plausible that we could end up with President Nancy Pelosi on or before January 21. Stay tuned.
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