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Link to tweet
dewsgirl
(14,961 posts)leftieNanner
(15,081 posts)Seriously?
I made the same remark to my husband when I read this report. That's why viruses like this are so dangerous. You have the illness and are contagious before you have any symptoms.
Good point, dewsgirl!
Docreed2003
(16,858 posts)Add in his increasing lunacy and this is what you get...a paranoid madman.
lame54
(35,284 posts)PatSeg
(47,397 posts)glad handing people in the rope line. Like everything else, he is a piss poor germaphone.
Docreed2003
(16,858 posts)That's truly insane...maybe he's not so much of a germaphobe, or maybe he's just an utter failure.
PatSeg
(47,397 posts)at pretty much everything he does. Its in his DNA.
Farmer-Rick
(10,154 posts)But honestly, I've never seen any evidence of that. He shake hands and grabs women by their body parts. How is he phobic about germs?
wnylib
(21,428 posts)about that, too.
redstatebluegirl
(12,265 posts)Ohiogal
(31,973 posts)What a paranoid lunatic.
Sanity Claws
(21,846 posts)Mulvaney had a productive cough at CPAC. He coughed into his hand and then immediately shook hands with someone there.
stillcool
(32,626 posts)if he had a job, he could go to work. I'm sure he's feeling fine.
spooky3
(34,438 posts)genxlib
(5,524 posts)I would expect the Secret Service to crack down on this to a certain degree.
It just makes sense to limit potential hazards in whatever form they may take.
PatSeg
(47,397 posts)In an era when shaking hands is a no-no for many people, the president is not showing any concerns about that at all, Scott noted as the network aired the footage. He is glad-handing this entire rope line. During a Fox News town hall last week, Trump said that if there was ever a time that you could convince people not to shake hands this would be it, but added that he wouldnt shun his supporters greetings.
Several GOP lawmakers, pundits, and officials, meanwhile, have self-quarantined after it was revealed that an attendee at last months Conservative Political Action Conference had tested positive for coronavirus and physically interacted with many people. The conferences organizer has stated that while Trump and Vice President Mike Pence also attended CPAC, the infected person had no direct contact with either of them.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/watch-trump-works-rope-line-shakes-supporters-hands-amid-coronavirus-fears
But now he thinks the press will infect him?
yonder
(9,663 posts)He "really misses his face".
unitedwethrive
(1,997 posts)Can you say "mixed message"?
dchill
(38,471 posts)wnylib
(21,428 posts)I thought it was all just a hoax and the flu is worse.
The idea that somebody would intentionally make themselves ill with a serous virus just to infect Trump is beyond insane.
However, I suppose somebody could carry infected material of some kind on themselves and manage to slip it in Trump's path, e.g. a form to sign. Infected form inside a non-infected folder, then wipe their hands with sanitary wipes afterward just for caution.
I am NOT suggesting that anyone should do that, or even would do that. Only pointing out that if somebody was "out to get" him, they would look for another way.
But, hey, there's nothing to worry about. The flu is worse, right?
Sneederbunk
(14,289 posts)sop
(10,154 posts)keithbvadu2
(36,765 posts)Somehow his rallies make folks immune when they worship the Donald.
58Sunliner
(4,381 posts)Marie Marie
(9,999 posts)I say he would hide away and not announce it.
leftieNanner
(15,081 posts)If he gets sick, they will hide it from us. Just like they pretended his emergency trip to Walter Reid was doing part of his annual physical a little early.
elias7
(3,997 posts)Unless they meet very strict criteria. It is INSANE!!!1!1!!
Until we develop a rapid universal in-house test, anyone with a cough might indeed have it.
Remember, fever and cough but no nasal congestion.
No body aches like influenza
If you feel short of breath with fever and cough and no congestion, you may be getting a bad case
patphil
(6,169 posts)But there are now 26 confirmed deaths, and less than 600 confirmed cases.
That's a death rate of 4.3%, much higher than the world average.
Since there is almost no testing, the real number of cases could easily be several times higher.
Trump has politicized the CDC and it's sure to cost people their lives.
Sugar Smack
(18,748 posts)*COUGH**COUGH* HAHAHA!
Evolve Dammit
(16,723 posts)LiberalFighter
(50,872 posts)LiberalFighter
(50,872 posts)Warpy
(111,243 posts)From what I've been reading, this thing is at its most contagious just before any symptoms appear.
It's just a guess, of course, no one knows for sure and won't for at least the next year.
0rganism
(23,940 posts)i guess he's happy there's such a simple workaround
of course, no one at his fundraiser meet&greets could possibly be infected, oh goodness no...
Joinfortmill
(14,414 posts)He's already been exposed.
bdamomma
(63,836 posts)you fucking coward.
Grokenstein
(5,722 posts)Oh, you pathetic lunatic. Polonium is far more convenient and certain!
raging moderate
(4,297 posts)Trump is judging what others would do, based on what he would do.
Botany
(70,489 posts)saidsimplesimon
(7,888 posts)I am offended.
Traildogbob
(8,712 posts)I have a powerful loud dog training whistle I carry around my neck and would blow it in the face of tRumpers during the impeachment hearings, for obvious reasons, rather than argue. Now all we gotta do is cough on em. Or do both. They love stirring up libruls, well, I really love the whistle and now a second arrow in my quiver, coughing. Throw in some wet splatter sneezing. Owning the MAGAts. What a joyful time.
BHDem53
(1,061 posts)azureblue
(2,146 posts)Trump. Or Pense. Or McConnell. I'm not picky
procon
(15,805 posts)the hordes of ass kissing yes-men who believe every word he says. They're the ones who treat the epidemic like the hoax he says it is and believe it's no different than getting a bad cold. They see no reason to take any sort of precautions, undoubtedly continuously re-exposing themselves and presumably carrying the virus far and wide. Trump faces more of a risk than he can imagine.
Tom Yossarian Joad
(19,227 posts)Somebody give this man a pacifier and send him to the corner.
Mr. Ected
(9,670 posts)If only the MAGAT minions knew what a chickenshit their fearless leader really was, they'd despise him.
ancianita
(36,023 posts)amb123
(1,581 posts)Get the rubber room, the straight-jacket and the sedatives ready.
Miigwech
(3,741 posts)Free yourself.
underpants
(182,763 posts)Maybe that's why she wasn't seen at the Mar a lago Birthday Party for Jr.'s girlfriend
Miigwech
(3,741 posts)... clearly he has a "personality disorder" ... most likely "borderline personality disorder" among all his other baggage ... he is a "splitter"
ananda
(28,858 posts).. is just so reassuring.
richdj25
(162 posts)realize that the height of allergy season is almost here.
TrogL
(32,822 posts)Wasnt he saying a couple of days ago that the virus was just a cold?
PatSeg
(47,397 posts)but that is so rarely the case with Trump.
Dem2theMax
(9,650 posts)Force him to go out into the world like the rest of us. Make him deal with it.
Could we do a 'million cough' march? Just go stand outside the White House, and start coughing?
A million people standing outside the White House, coughing?
IcyPeas
(21,857 posts)cough-in
coffin
LOL
never mind
I bow down to you.
Wish I had thought of that!
Richard D
(8,752 posts)Is it wrong to hope trump starts coughing?
Dem2theMax
(9,650 posts)I do believe it's called wishful thinking.
AllyCat
(16,177 posts)But he's never really had reactions that seem to make sense anyway.
Afromania
(2,768 posts)Fuck this mother fucker. I wish somebody would bring this up live and cuss his ass out.
again
FUCK THIS MOMO
doc03
(35,325 posts)Trump will come down with a cough and save the country.
bucolic_frolic
(43,126 posts)Ah-CHOOOOOO!