If Don should get the virus, would Pence take over immediately

[patricia92243]

or wait to find out if Don kicks the bucket.

[hlthe2b]

1. Well, I think he is already "incapacitated", but he would have to be declared so.

[abqtommy]

2. Stay healthy, Nancy!

[getagrip_already]

3. it would be quick in any event...

The time from onset of symptoms to death has bees as short as hours.

He is the walking definition of underlying conditions. He already has shortness of breath, heart disease, is morbidly obese and has multiple neurological symptoms.

He would be a goner before they got the press conference pulled together. Days at most.

[at140]

4. Constitutionally, only when Don assumes room temperature...nt

[csziggy]

13. Too bad it's not when his IQ assumes room temperature

We'd already have a new president.

[SCantiGOP]

5. Even among 80 year olds

The fatality rate is less than 50%.

[at140]

7. Good to hear!

So yes, average life expectancy in US is about 78, so older than that are at greater risk, obvioulsly.

[SCantiGOP]

11. happened to see a few minutes ago

An estimate from WHO that the fatality rate for over 80 was about 20%.

[csziggy]

14. Mortality rate by age shows 80+ at 14.8% if you get it

COVID-19 Fatality Rate by AGE:

*Death Rate = (number of deaths / number of cases) = probability of dying if infected by the virus (%). This probability differs depending on the age group. The percentages shown below do not have to add up to 100%, as they do NOT represent share of deaths by age group. Rather, it represents, for a person in a given age group, the risk of dying if infected with COVID-19.
AGE
DEATH RATE _ confirmed cases _ all cases
80+ years old____ 21.9% ______ 14.8%
70-79 years old __ 8.0%
60-69 years old __ 3.6%
50-59 years old __ 1.3%
40-49 years old __ 0.4%
30-39 years old __ 0.2%
20-29 years old __ 0.2%
10-19 years old __ 0.2%
0-9 years old __ no fatalities
https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/coronavirus-age-sex-demographics/

[no_hypocrisy]

6. It would be a secret. Illness like Woodrow Wilson's stroke.

Death like "Week-end At Bernies."

Pence will keep the pretense going.

[Doreen]

8. If pence is president he will pray it away.

[lame54]

9. Tell Pence he has to physically put his hands on him to make it work

[Doreen]

10. To show total faith he will not be allowed to wear gloves.

Oh yeah, he has to touch the skin of the prayer recipients. None of this laying his hand over the cloths.

[SmartVoter22]

12. NO. It's takes the Cabinet majority to invoke.

They are not about to become traitors in the eyes of their savior.
Both Trump & Pence, whose also likely infected would have to go.
That would leave one person in the succession plan.

The GOP would fight to prevent an 'ovary carrier' to become POTUS.

You do know who No 3 in succession is, I hope...

[Initech]

15. Pence will probably get it too.

Trump may be a germaphobe, but he is definitely not known for cleanliness. I shudder to think how clean the Oval Office is right now.