Donald Trump & Flotus Test Positive for COVID-19

[Lewis]

https://news.sky.com/story/donald-tr...virus-12087447

Trump and Melania have tested positive for COVID-19. Given the recent debate, it's also a slight possiblity Joe Biden and his wife could be infected (among many others) but no word on that yet. Oh, and Pence might have been exposed to the virus too when visiting the oval office.

Crazy stuff but not terribly surprising. Hopefully anyone who has it or gets it makes a full recovery.

[-:Undertaker:-]

Like 99% of everyone who gets this virus he'll probably be alright.

[LUCPIX]

So is Jair Bolsonaro, current Brazil's president, although asymptomatic! What an unintended pattern, if you get it. Things are going uberwell

[Lewis]

Trump is being taken to hosptial now for "precautionary measures". Giving me a bit of deja vu with what happened to Boris Johnson, but more fast paced.

[Googlemere]

Like 99% of everyone who gets this virus he'll probably be alright.

where do you get those stats from and how do you define “alright” in this context? lol


in the usa the mortality rate of COVID-19 cases has been about 2.9%, according to Johns-Hopkins University of Medicine. keep in mind that’s only the dead people and they are definitely not doing alright, being dead and all. then I also look at data from other countries and see that the UK, for example, has reported a slightly more worrying figure of 9.1% mortality rate in cases. again, that’s only the dead people. just because the rest of the cases may have survived does not mean they are all hopping and skipping cheerfully out of recovery and are considered to be “alright”, health-wise.

there does seem to be a correlation between pre-existing health conditions (ie morbid obesity, trump..) and a higher chance of death. but I mean boris johnson pulled through and many others who were not in exactly the most of prime health upon infection, so who knows what will happen with trump lol. hopefully, if anything, it gives him some enlightenment if he actually does pull through, but to me the odds of that happening seem even more remote than the odds of his survival lol

[sexpot]

when RBG died, the left was like omg don't make fun of her she was an amazing woman!!

Trump gets Covid: lol orangeman bad pls can he die

I hate the us left

[Shannon]

I still think this is some form of popiganda to keep binden out of the limelight in order to win over voters.

Nevertheless I hope hes okay in the long run.

[LUCPIX]

Well yes, not having a tax payment history and being infected with something one had a belief that wasn't a thing is a stealthy psychological hit to make us to give him the throne once more

[-:Undertaker:-]

I'm pretty much on Lord Sumptions' level with this Coronavirus now.



The deaths from the virus are overwhelmingly - and from those around me who have died of this virus - very old and very sick. A 94 year old dying from this virus is no more surprising than a 94 year old dying from a bad bout of flu or a case of pnuemonia. At 94, it is not unusual to die but we do not lock down the economy and place everyone under very draconian laws to stop the inevitable. The virus is not particularly deadly, and it is endemic now and isn't going anywhere - the only thing to do is to return to normal to acquire herd immunity amongst the healthy population whilst shielding those who are vulnerable.

where do you get those stats from and how do you define “alright” in this context? lol


in the usa the mortality rate of COVID-19 cases has been about 2.9%, according to Johns-Hopkins University of Medicine. keep in mind that’s only the dead people and they are definitely not doing alright, being dead and all. then I also look at data from other countries and see that the UK, for example, has reported a slightly more worrying figure of 9.1% mortality rate in cases. again, that’s only the dead people. just because the rest of the cases may have survived does not mean they are all hopping and skipping cheerfully out of recovery and are considered to be “alright”, health-wise.

there does seem to be a correlation between pre-existing health conditions (ie morbid obesity, trump..) and a higher chance of death. but I mean boris johnson pulled through and many others who were not in exactly the most of prime health upon infection, so who knows what will happen with trump lol. hopefully, if anything, it gives him some enlightenment if he actually does pull through, but to me the odds of that happening seem even more remote than the odds of his survival lol

The mortality rate I question - we know for a large amount of people they have no symptoms, so the amount of the population who have already been unknowingly exposed to the virus could be much higher than we think. I know a distant relative by marriage in this position who felt nothing but tested positive for antibodies.

I'm convinced I had it myself between Christmas and New Year but with symptoms.

[dbgtz]

what a **** dumb comparison
first of all the mortality rate goes up when you start hitting ~40/50 years old, and if someone died of flu at that age I would be extremely surprised
secondly, we have much more mature mitigations and treatments against flu and pneumonia
thirdly, covid-19 has caused far more deaths than both you have listed this year so far
finally, you do not consider any long term complications that of the virus

you really just have the attitude of "**** you, got mine"