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One of President Donald Trump’s personal valets, who works in the West Wing serving the president his meals among other duties, has tested positive for coronavirus, the closest the virus is known to have come to the president, said a White House official.
But Trump has since tested negative, Hogan Gidley hastens to assure us.
The White House did not say when the person developed symptoms or when the president was last exposed to the individual, who[m] Gidley described as a military official. It can sometimes take several days for the virus to appear on a test once a person has been infected.
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“This guy is close” to the president throughout the day in terms of proximity, said a second source familiar with the matter. A White House official said the president was “not happy” when he was informed of the development.
In other words he had a screaming fit.
Staffers who come into close contact with the president have said they are tested regularly for coronavirus, but very few aides have been seen wearing masks around the West Wing, including when Trump traveled recently to Phoenix where he said he only wore a mask for a brief period of time. Everyone entering the White House grounds has their temperature checked.
But checking temperature is not testing for the virus. Rachel Maddow made this point a couple of days ago while discussing the recklessness and worker-endangerment of Trump’s order to re-open meatpacking plants.
I hope Trump’s valet has a mild case and recovers well.
But…Trump has to reopen meat-packing plants! Wendy’s has had to pull back their selections, and ration meat! How is he to get his hamberders?
Again, why are the f’s boldface?
All what fs? I’m not seeing any boldface fs.
I got this on Chromium and Firefox in Linux, but not Chrome nor Microsoft Edge on Windows. I don’t get this on other sites.
@Colin
I’m on Linux with firefox, the f’s look fine (although depending on the magnification factor I use the line thickness is sometimes a bit larger).
The fs look fine to me too on a variety of browsers on Windows, Kali Linux and Android.
Another linux (Kubuntu) user here, but I force my browsers to use mono-spaced fonts so I can read the text, fs look normal to me as well.
I seriously doubt whether DJT has undergone a real coronavirus test. I don’t think he could or would tolerate the brain-excision-through-the-nose procedure that has been described. Certainly not without a lollipop and ice cream.