AIPAC says two people at conference attended by Pence and others have tested positive for coronaviru

[jmbar2]

Source: USA Today

The pro-Israel lobbying group said in an updated statement to attendees, speakers, administration and Capitol Hill offices on Friday that the two individuals affected traveled from New York to Washington, D.C. to attend the March 1-3 conference.

More than 18,000 people attended the conference.

Attendees and speakers at the conference included Vice President Mike Pence, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., former 2020 Democratic candidate Mike Bloomberg, former candidate Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., and several other lawmakers on both sides of the political aisle.



Read more: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2020/03/06/coronavirus-aipac-tells-lawmakers-participants-two-attendees-have-covid-19/4979822002/

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Ruh Roh

[guillaumeb]

1. Put all of them in quarantine.

6 months should be sufficient.

[jmbar2]

2. Agree - They'll be safe at Rykers

[Yavin4]

19. Gitmo.

True safety.

[deurbano]

38. Perfect! For their own protection.

[EndlessWire]

22. LOL! n/t

[CentralMass]

26. Park a cruise ship off the coast for them

[MontanaMama]

3. Excellent!

I’ll bet none of those asshats wash their hands.

[CaptYossarian]

6. Don't worry.

Pence never touches his face.

[MontanaMama]

7. But his face might be touching other things...

[CaptYossarian]

11. Can you catch it back there?

Trump can't put a mask there, but maybe a hammock would fit.

[oldsoftie]

23. Hahahahahahahahahahahaha!!!!

[not fooled]

27. Hahahahahaha

[wnylib]

35. OMG. You brought me to tears with laughter.

[jls4561]

4. All names listed should self quarantine. NOW!

What the hell was Cory Booker doing there?

[3Hotdogs]

29. Significant Jewish population in N.J.

[dflprincess]

5. Maybe Pence is spreading it

He was just in Minnesota and late this afternoon it was announced the state had its first confirmed case.

Mike Pence, the Typhoid Mary of Covid-19.

[druidity33]

15. Didn't he visit a Military Academy recently too?

I'll see if i can find the link...

K&R

Here it is:

https://www.newsweek.com/student-sarasota-military-academy-whose-classmates-shook-hands-mike-pence-now-under-coronavirus-1490261

[BigmanPigman]

8. I would say that this is an example of Karma,

but too many Dems may be infected too.

[bdamomma]

62. boy, I was thinking

the same thing I wouldn't feel badly for those filthy repigs who attended to contract the virus but I wish Cory Booker was not in attendance.

[Hestia]

9. Let me guess, they got the first tests that have started rolling out. Other than that Boo Hoo

[jmbar2]

10. Typhoid Pence

Link to tweet

[UpInArms]

13. That was the video ... thank you

eom

[IronLionZion]

34. Some cultures believe the devil has white hair, blue eyes, and a cold dead look on his face

[bdamomma]

61. maybe Pence

will infect tRump wouldn't that be KARMA.

[UpInArms]

12. Pence is a face toucher

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/coronavirus-mike-pence-video-trump-white-house-press-conference-a9365476.html

Video at link

[rustydog]

14. My thoughts and prayers go out to Pence

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[barbtries]

16. have they been tested?

shouldn't they be quarantined?

[Evolve Dammit]

17. Lock em up. For only 14 days of course!

[Evolve Dammit]

18. I seriously wonder how many of these End Times believers who want to bring on the rapture, are

actually hoping it is the equivalent of the plague, Black Death, etc. for whatever biblical purpose they can fabricate. It would not surprise me. Disgust, appall and enrage, but not surprise.

[BadgerMom]

25. One of my two Mormon step daughters said

last weekend that “a lot of LDS” are saying these are the end times. FML.

[dewsgirl]

31. I'm not a bit religious, but each time I see that I can't help

but wonder, if perhaps they are right. Mainly when it comes to preppers.

[Evolve Dammit]

32. That is so incredibly sad. And do they believe it? We need critical thinking right now.

[wnylib]

37. People thought the same thing

750 years ago during the bubonic plague. But they had an excuse. It was the Middle Ages. Didn't know any better.

And yet, here we are, centuries later. People thought the world would end 1000 years ago at the turn of the millennium. Yet we lived on into the next millennium.

You'd think they would catch on after a while.

[Polybius]

41. In 2999 people will say the same thing

If humans are even around.

[wnylib]

43. Funny but I was just thinking

about that the other day. What would rhe world be like then? How primitive our technology would seem in 1000 years.

I could not even imagine what the world would look like or what society would be like. Not any more than someone in Europe 1000 years ago could imagine unknown lands and people around the world, or flying across oceans.

But I do think that, in 1000 years, people will not be expecting the end of the world, at least not in a religious rapture. There might be circumstsnces threatening the life of the planet, but by then, there might be colonies in space. Who knows?

[Withywindle]

47. How primitive our technology will look in 100 years!

I'm only 50 but in my childhood and teens I've talked with people who lived before cars were common, who didn't have a telephone until they were well into adulthood, who never even SAW a computer, much less owned one.

But technology only changes people so much. We're a dramatic species, and communication tech will never fully eliminate weird superstitions and apocalypse theories, it'll just spread them faster.

[wnylib]

48. I rremember my father used to

say that today's science fiction is tomorrow's reality. He was born in 1922 in an area so rural that he remembered when they got electricity on his farm. Said his teachers talked about a day when there would be "radio programs" that you could SEE, right in your home. TV, of course.

I remember teachers saying we would be able to see people on our phones while talking to them. Sort of true today, but on laptops, not phones.

As for basic human nature, I agree that it mostly remains the same throughout tech changes. That's why we can relate to ancient literature, like Greek and Roman epics.

But, an anthrpology prof told us that we have reached a point when evolution is more influenced by culture and technology than by natural environment. Who lives to pass on genes and what those genes are like are affected by developments in medicine, changes in habitats and resources due to human behavior, etc. Over the generations, these factors affect brain development and patterns of thinking. Small changes in each generation leading to larger differences between us today and future generations centuries from now. Of course, none of us today will be around to see if he was right.

But, it is true, as you said, that subjective perceptions and beliefs about life, values, and cosmology, expressed in religions, have remained part of human life, taking various forms across time and geography. They are influenced by experiences and technology, too. So in the distant future, belief in end times rapture might be replaced by a different set of beliefs.

[keithbvadu2]

50. My gfather (born 1898) said there was an old feller out in the countryside that would not have a tel

My gfather (born 1898) said there was an old feller out in the countryside that would not have a telephone in his house.

It was 'a instrument of the devil'.

[Steelrolled]

53. It isn't just End Time people

People of all backgrounds are predicting Doomsday events. Is this modern culture?

[wnylib]

54. Could be modern culture.

Bad times create fear of worse. Some fear is more realistic and some is imaginary or exaggerated.

In the 1950's, when Cold War fears dominated and space exploration was developing, monster movies were very popular, along with films about destruction of tge earth by alien invaders or nuclear war. People built bomb shelters and stocked them with food, water, and arms to fight off other survivors who might threaten to take over their safe place and supplies.

[Sancho]

20. lock 'em all up...

[machoneman]

21. Pence, Pompeo, McTurtle, Cheney? Could we get this lucky and see all of them....

not only come down with the virus but.....

Please, Dear God! Let it happen!

[keithbvadu2]

51. Even with the shortage of test kits, they are probably tested every day or two.

Even with the shortage of test kits, they are probably tested every day or two.

[BadgerMom]

24. Two people were tested? Not Americans then.

No testing of Americans allowed. If anyone’s sick, Dear Leader will be unhappy. Makes him look bad.
/s

[liberalmuse]

28. I won't, I won't, I won't...

but I'm almost thinking it.

[dewsgirl]

30. I keep saying, it's only a matter if time with these fools.

[Evolve Dammit]

33. Ain't that the truth. Same here. I had a co-worker who is very smart and religious tell me when 45

was installed: "I hope he doesn't get us all fucking killed." I agreed and appreciated his observation. I still agree.

[dewsgirl]

36. This clip is proving to be eerily prophetic.

[bdamomma]

63. remember

everything that tRump touches dies. I really hope tRumps arrogance and stupidity does him in.

[Evolve Dammit]

65. It sure should have already, but he is an exceptional weasel. And now he has DOJ and most of gov't.

I'll settle for the Corona. With a lime wedge.

[mountain grammy]

39. I know I shouldn't, but damn

Rapture their asses.

[totodeinhere]

64. I'm tempted to say "good," but then they could go out and infect innocent people so I won't.

n/t

[Denis Enko]

40. Wow

I knew Jewish people loved Chinese food, but...

[wnylib]

42. So these guys have access to the WH.

They have meetings with Trump, individually, and in groups.

What are the chances that any of them touched Trump after being exposed? Shook his hand? Patted his back or arm? Handed him a paper to read or sign? Touched his desk?

If all or even some of these government figures became ill, it would be 4 to 6 weeks before they recovered enough to do their jobs. What happens to government in the meantime? It still has to function.

What if both Pence and Trump were ill at the same time? Would Pelosi take over for 6 weeks?

[EndlessWire]

58. I think so.

Could be a way out for us. Think of all she could get done in six weeks. Hate to say it (no, not really,) but I am praying for this to happen. Leave the government in President Pelosi's hands. With a little bit of enthusiasm, we could keep them all sick for 8 months.

[wnylib]

60. Krep them all sick for 8 months?

LOL. If only.

Even with just 6 or 8 weeks, they could be the most interesting weeks this nation has ever had.

I try not to wish illness on anyone, tempting as it is, simply because I don't want to become that kind of person. But it does cross my mind that, if it did happen, there would be some interesting and probably contentious consequences. R's would strongly object to Pelosi. The constitution calls for the Speaker of the House to take the presidency if we lose both the president and VP, but in the case of a temporary loss due to illness, there could be a fight over it.

A couple other scary thoughts occur to me. All of our top government people and candidates are in the most vulnerable age category. Not just Trump and maybe Pence, but Biden, Sanders, Pelosi, and various Senators and House members. And what if some zealous, exposed person who should be in voluntary quarantine deliberately tries to spread it to selected people?

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

44. Out of 18,000 people two have tested positive.

Scary.

[jmbar2]

45. It has a 5-7 day incubation period

The conference was March 1-3, so additional cases may be incubating.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

46. So if 300 hundred test positive in the next week or so, what's that infection rate?

[EarthFirst]

49. I wouldn't expect a self-quarantine to be applicable in this scenario...

Rules & guidelines do not apply to this demographic.

[CanonRay]

52. Don't quarantine them,

let them go to lots and lots of right wing conferences. The more the better.

[Maxheader]

55. Mike replies to this news...

"I'm not worried..(cough!..cough!)..everythings under control..(sniffle!)...

[Doreen]

56. I am a horrible person.

My first thought was that our dictator is already an unhealthy person so we should have pence stay in close quarters with him and hope for the best ( him getting it ) or the worst ( him getting it. ).

Then again that might not be good because he would still hold his rallies claiming he is not sick.

[AC_Mem]

57. Humm

i wonder why "pray-it-away-Pence" didn't get a message from God not to attend the conference?

[DesertRat]

59. Is Pence at Mar-a-Lago this weekend?