The head of the White House security office is critically ill with Covid-19.
Source: The New York Times
The person in charge of the White House security office contracted a severe case of the coronavirus last month and has been hospitalized ever since, according to an administration official with knowledge of the situation.
The security office head, Crede Bailey, whose office handles a number of duties, including approving certain security clearances, coordinating with the Secret Service and handling credentials for people to be able to come onto the White House grounds, was taken to the hospital in late September, the administration official said.
Mr. Baileys case is not seen as connected to an outbreak that officials believe stemmed from the Sept. 26 events at the White House honoring Judge Amy Coney Barrett, President Trumps nominee to replace Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on the Supreme Court.
Still, the case, and another positive test involving the No. 2 official in the Marine Corps that was revealed on Wednesday, is an additional reminder of how pervasive the virus has become at the most famous, and protected, address in the country over the past several weeks.
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Trump is putting Typhoid Mary to shame in terms of recklessly spreading a dangerous disease. Even McConnell does not want to go to the White House due to their lack of COVID-19 precautions, yet Trump and right wing news acts outraged about having a debate online. It is beneath Trump to work online when millions of people have to do it every day thanks to the incompetence of his administration.
bluestarone
(16,976 posts)RUMP gets good meds (maybe) and others DIE!!
sfstaxprep
(9,998 posts)Could be the source of the late September outbreak.
DeminPennswoods
(15,286 posts)thing.
Beachnutt
(7,324 posts)why have they not ?
dawg day
(7,947 posts)I guess they don't want to have to deal with actual grief and fear.
TomCADem
(17,390 posts)After all, is less than a week, Dr. Conley pronounced that Trump is ready to begin public events.
https://www.mediaite.com/donald-trump/white-house-physician-clears-president-to-start-public-activities-on-saturday-just-hours-after-trump-brags-im-a-perfect-physical-specimen/
President Donald Trump tested positive for the coronavirus last Thursday and was hospitalized on Friday, temporarily requiring supplemental oxygen and receiving a high dose of an experimental antibody cocktail and the steroid dexamethasone, but his doctor now expects that he will be able to resume public events as early as Saturday 10 days after he was first diagnosed.
Dr. Sean Conley, the Navy doctor who is the presidents personal physician, issued a letter Thursday evening, stating that [Trump] had completed his course of therapy for COVID-19 as prescribed by his team of physicians, along with a short report of Trumps vital signs.
Overall, hes responded well to treatment, Conleys letter continued on Trump, noting an absence of adverse therapeutic effects.
Saturday will be day 10 since Thursdays diagnosis, he concluded, and based on the trajectory of advanced diagnostics the team has been conducting, I fully anticipate the Presidents safe return to public engagements at that time.
onetexan
(13,043 posts)"Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Thursday said he hadn't been to the White House in over two months because the Trump administration weren't strictly following coronavirus guidelines and are now "paying the price for it."
https://www.newsweek.com/mcconnell-says-trump-admin-paying-price-lax-covid-social-distancing-mask-wearing-1537648
riversedge
(70,242 posts)Initech
(100,081 posts)Joe's going to need some serious fumigation to clear the air once he arrives.
Roy Rolling
(6,918 posts)Make it go viral. 😂😂😂
BumRushDaShow
(129,096 posts)and he IS. And he was in the news way back in 2017/2018 regarding all the unauthorized presence of this administration's staffers (including his family) in the WH, because they had no security clearances.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-10-08/trump-says-virus-relief-talks-are-now-starting-to-work-out
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Jennifer Jacobs
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Oct 7, 2020
NEWS: The head of White House security office, Crede Bailey, is gravely ill with coronavirus and has been hospitalized since late September, I'm told. Security office handles credentialing for access to WH; works closely with Secret Service on security measures on the compound.
Jennifer Jacobs
@JenniferJJacobs
Crede Bailey, the head of the White House security office, became sick with the coronavirus before the Sept. 26 Rose Garden event, I'm told.
White House Security Official Contracted Covid-19 in September
A top White House security official, Crede Bailey, is gravely ill with Covid-19 and has been hospitalized since September, according to four people familiar with his condition.
bloomberg.com
7:48 PM · Oct 7, 2020