Covid-19 Live Updates: Trump Downplays Disease, Doctor Says He Can Go Home but....

[George II]

Source: NY Times

Full Headline (revised by NYT): Covid-19 Live Updates: Trump Downplays Disease, Doctor Says He Can Go Home but Isn’t ‘Out of the Woods’

President Trump tweeted Monday afternoon that he intended to leave Walter Reed Medical Center, where he has been receiving treatment since Friday. His medical team is expected to brief the public on his condition at 3 p.m. Eastern.

Mr. Trump was eager to leave the hospital as soon as possible, as the drama around his treatment and the virus's toll on the White House continued to mount.

In the morning, the White House shuttled reporters to Walter Reed, where a briefing lectern had been placed, raising speculation about another update from Mr. Trump's medical team. But the lectern remained covered with a garbage bag through lunchtime.

Amid questions about whether Mr. Trump could relocate to the White House without endangering himself and others came a reminder that the virus may still be spreading through the West Wing and beyond: Mr. Trump's press secretary, Kayleigh McEnany, announced that she, too, had tested positive for the virus and would be isolating. Ms. McEnany, who said she had previously tested negative several times, spoke briefly to reporters outside the White House on Sunday. She did not wear a mask.

Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/live/2020/10/05/world/covid-trump#trump-tweeted-he-will-leave-the-hospital-monday-evening-adding-dont-be-afraid-of-covid

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[flibbitygiblets]

1. So, everyone gets free healthcare and experimental drugs?

[still_one]

2. SCREW HIM. He had NOTHING to do with the drugs that were administered to him

After over 200000 deaths, and over 7 million infected people, he is underplaying this virus

Anything bad that happens to him he deserves

Under no circumstances do I want Biden to be in the same room as the disease ridden parasite if they decide another debate

[louzke9]

40. SCREW THE WHINEY BITCH....

For asking if he was going to die!

[Tech]

3. 214,789 Americans dead as of right now per worldometers.

[JudyM]

32. 214,844 (30 min after your post) and rising.

[Botany]

4. Captain of the Titanic .... "Free ice in every room."

"I feel better than I did 20 years ago!" No, you don't Donny if they hadn't shipped your ass to
Walter Reed you very well might have been dead right now.

BTW Good luck working with no staff too.

[lagomorph777]

37. His ship is sunk.

He's going to jail.

[Jamesyu]

5. A dumb statement by a person who hasn't even recovered from Covid

[Grammy23]

36. Who will fetch his Diet Coke?

A crisis inside the WH!!

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

6. Let's see what Nemesis has to say about that.

She is the goddess who enacts retribution against people who succumb to hubris. He's just fucking asking for it.

[Pachamama]

11. [phone]

[flibbitygiblets]

7. " the lectern remained covered with a garbage bag "

What a perfect symbol of a Trump administration press conference.

[CaptainTruth]

22. You beat me to it!!!

[lagomorph777]

38. Also, a sack of crap behind the podium.

[CaptYossarian]

8. Now I'm sure the prick didn't have it.

Ugly stupid bastard is taking another victory lap, while 1000 more Americans are dropping dead each day because of him.

[lagomorph777]

39. I'm sure he did. This has been the most humiliating 3 days of his life.

Far worse than the pussy-grabber tape.

He's just grasping at straws to cover his shame.

[CaptYossarian]

50. I made the mistake of posting right after the hospital called me

about my 83-year old dad being admitted to the ICU for Covid.

He'll be gone soon. Maybe tonight.

I hated Trump when he debated Hillary. Today's emotions require inventing a new word.

[tblue37]

52. I am sorry your dad is so sick and that you might lose him soon. Truck's obnoxious statements

are just like rubbing salt in your wounds.

[CaptYossarian]

53. Thank you.

Posting on DU is very therapeutic.

Because of the First Amendment, there's more patriotism in our middle fingers than in his morbidly obese body.

[lagomorph777]

55. I'm so sorry.

All we can do now is take electoral vengeance on the monster.

[CaptYossarian]

56. I've had that fire in my belly since Reagan and Iran-Contra.

But this is war.

Thank you for posting.

[lagomorph777]

57. I've hated Reptilicans since Goldwater, and each one is worse than the last.

We can do this.

[CaptYossarian]

58. At least Barry started to come around on LGBTQ issues--only after his son died from AIDS.

But that's what it takes: Acquired Apathy Syndrome. The issue must directly enter their life enough to outweigh the bribes from special interest groups.

Who will have to drown or be killed by a hurricane or wildfire for climate change to be taken seriously by the Reptilian Party?

[tblue37]

49. His gasping for air on the balcony suggests he does have it.

[CaptYossarian]

51. Now you're trying to cheer me up. Check out post #50.

[JDC]

9. His irresponsibility is going to kill us all

[dalton99a]

10. "EMBRACE THE COVID!"

[ewagner]

16. I knew it!!!

Faking recovery...

Propaganda begins...


"His People" will call Covid a hoax...unmask...swarm together...

kill thousands.

Rotten SOB!!

[samsingh]

12. he is willingly encouraging his supporters to die like a cult leader

[IcyPeas]

15. he's gonna be worse than ever now with his herd immunity crap

they will still not wear masks .

eejits.

[njhoneybadger]

13. If tRump dies thousands of people will live.

Just saying

[Newest Reality]

14. I am going to bet,

I am going to bet that the steroids are giving him the big "boost" he is feeling right now. That's why he is so raring to go.

Yet, he is not at all out of the woods. He's fooling himself, (if he does have it) about that. He has a week or two to find out and premature notions of "being cured" may be delusional on his part. And what isn't delusional on his part?

[global1]

23. Relapse - He's Not Out Of The Woods Yet On This And When They Transport Him Back To Walter Reed.....

the optics will be that much worse for him. What are those Doctors thinking? Why are they allowing this? They and he are endangering so many others with their irresponsibility and carelessness.

This whole thing is infuriating. When will we be rid of this monster?

This will not end well. Really - this should not end well!!!!

[ashling]

24. i WONDER IF HE WAS EVER ACTUALLY INFECTED

[flibbitygiblets]

27. Yeah, egomaniac wannabe tough guys are known for getting medi-vac'd as publicity stunts

[CrispyQ]

28. He is.

There is no way this many people are positive & he'is negative. Just like there is no way he is innocent when so many in his administration have been indicted or convicted. They are throwing everything they have at him, medically, & he is pumped up on it, that's all this is. I still feel that a fall is coming & it's gonna be epic. And it can't happen soon enough. The man is a danger to us all.

[apnu]

48. Everyone around him is reporting they have it. They can't all be in in it.

Even for Trump, you can’t fake this many infections and not have it go off the rails in a week.

If it is faked, and the nation finds out, he will be so dead, he’ll look back at his low-40s numbers with nostalgia.

If its fake, he’s asking the whole GOP to conspire with him to fake a pregnancy.

[ashling]

54. i'm not talking everybody

just Trump.

"If it is faked, and the nation finds out, he will be so dead, he’ll look back at his low-40s numbers with nostalgia."

Trump has gone completely nuts.

[dflprincess]

17. I wonder if Melania has her staff running around

putting all her black clothes away. Or maybe she'll leave them out to torment him

Either way I'll bet she's disappointed.

[ashling]

18. NOW he or his people are saying that

Biden is not equipped to handle the pandemic because
HE'S NEVER BEEN INFECTED!

[Kablooie]

19. If the doctors publically say they approved of Trump's dangerous actions...

they will held responsible if he dies.

If Trump is demanding things they warn him not to do they must say so publically or their careers could be destroyed.
(Like everyone else who gives in to Trump's domination.)

[totodeinhere]

47. In defense of his doctors, according to federal HIPAA laws they cannot disclose information about

his health status without his permission. So if they are leaving out some information it's probably because he is demanding it.

[Chakaconcarne]

20. Does that mean we can restart the negative ads?

[yaesu]

21. ​the self imposed war time president just beat the enemy, get ready for the gloating reality show

by the way, saying Covid is nothing to worry about should be banned on twitter a misinformation. tRump is even more of a danger now.

[EarthFirst]

25. "...spoke briefly to reporters outside the White House on Sunday. She did not wear a mask."

FFS; what the fuck is wrong with these people?!

A press update by an individual announcing their own personal COVID positive test results; and you couldn’t even wear a fucking mask?

[hkp11]

26. if Drumpf gets out tonight

then Biden should NOT have debates with Drumpf since he will still be covid-19 contagious!! neither should Harris with Pence - these Drumpf & WH & repukes are deadly right now!!!

[RussBLib]

29. oh yeah, embrace the Covid

and the weak will die. geez! what a message.

evolution in action?

[Sloumeau]

30. The Trump administration had nothing to do with the development of

any of the drugs that he took. Donald Trump is always trying to take credit for things that he had nothing to do with. He inherited a decent economy and he pretended that he created it. Now he is pretending that the Trump administration has actually developed some of the drugs that he has taken. What a lying sack of crap.

[BainsBane]

31. He could still turn for the worse

and if his message is "don't be afraid of COVID," he fucking deserves to.

[mcar]

33. He is a heartless, soulless monster

200,000+ dead.

[catbyte]

34. He's high af. I had dexamethasone once & it makes you feel like Wonder Woman. Until it

wears off. Then he'll feel like shit.

[TomCADem]

42. He Feels Better Than He Did 20 Years Ago? Yup. He Is High

It is one thing to say you feel better, but to say that you are feeling two decades young a day or two after needing oxygen? That is just crazy talk.

[cstanleytech]

35. This is why I think he lied about having it himself because he knows his poll numbers are

in the toilet and he will do anything and everything to get them up.

[Traildogbob]

41. Bad news for Melania.

She’s been chillin. Now at least trump will be there to help put up those fucking Christmas decorations. “Happy Holidays”. Not much gonna be Merry for you 2. The best Merry of 2020, is Mary trump. Thinking we can have a happy new year, if we all vote. A few scenarios could bring lots to be Thankful for this Thanksgiving. Really Thankful.

[Solly Mack]

43. Sick, twisted, warped minded fuck.

What an insult to all who died and to their loved ones.

[world wide wally]

44. Now, when he debates Biden, he will act like the world"s foremost among uthority on beating Covid.

Joe will have to point out the difference between his health care and the care most people will receive. There are a number of things Joe can say. Just be ready for it.

[SWBTATTReg]

45. My response to the POS in the WH...f*** off.

[hamsterjill]

46. "Don't be afraid of COVID"

A slap in the face to the SEVEN people I’ve known who have died from the virus, and a slap in the face to all 210,000 who have died. But a real slap to those who have it today and who, unlike Trump, won’t be going home.

He’s an asshole.

[Marthe48]

59. Any news on Darth Traitor?

n/t