OHIO: As of Thursday afternoon, there have been at least 155,314 confirmed or probable cases in the state, 4,817 deaths, and 15,606 hospitalizations, according to the Ohio Department of Health.
Hope Hicks Tests Positive for Virus October 1, 2020 at 8:33 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard 548 Comments
Hope Hicks, one of President Trump’s closest advisers, has tested positive for the coronavirus, ABC News reports. “Hicks tested positive this week after traveling with the president on Tuesday to and from the first presidential debate on Air Force One.” “Hicks was also on Marine One, the president’s helicopter, when it left the White House to fly to Joint Base Andrews on Wednesday.” Bloomberg: “Hicks was seen on Tuesday riding maskless in a staff van with White House senior adviser Stephen Miller, campaign adviser Jason Miller and others.” ============================ Just thought you would like to know. . .
As memory serves me, there is a probability of about 0.5 that Ms Hicks was infected within the past ten days. If the President were just infected, there would be a probability of about 0.95 that he would be symptomatic by the time of the second presidential debate. (Maybe they could put a honking big exhaust fan on his isolation booth.) And the Veep is there to take over for the Prez as needed; the situation is definitely clearer than was the case in the UK when PM Johnson became indisposed. And Mr. Trump might come down with no more than a case of the sniffles. And he assures us that he has a couple of different prophylactic medicines to prevent even that.
BBC: DT and Melania begin quarantine [Click] Not clear what effect this will have on next debate. Or campaigning, I suppose. Don can campaign from the WH bunker, I suppose.
That's interesting! Given the way COVID spreads, she might have spread it to no one, or to a number of people. And who did she get it from? This could develop into a first-class October Surprise.
Several doctors speaking on CNN have mentioned that by now the President would have had a rapid test and another (one day) test. He should have already had some sort of test results, even though the big deal test that takes 2 days would not have been back yet. Apparently those test results will be back tonight or tomorrow morning.
Had he tested negative so far, you'd think he would have proclaimed that already.
And should DT be laid up with Coronavirus, what effect will that have on people who were planning to vote for him? They might be somewhat disheartened, but that's just a guess.
I have spoken with puddle three times in the last two days. Apparently she got dumped out (logged out) of the blog and has gotten a message that Firefox won't work for this, so she has to choose a new browser. However, give that she's on dial-up, that would take days. She is hopeful that a solution will yet arise.
I got into Chrome to see if I could check her info for her, but turns out I'd also been logged out of HEP on Chrome! Nice, huh, given that I'm Admin..?! Fortunately I can still connect here via Safari, but that's usually the one that says "Not Secure." If I disappear, somebody tell Renee!
Currently, on Chrome I can post one post at a time, but it resets as if it doesn't know me. And even when I can post one message it doesn't give me any Admin privileges. Weird!
Strange that FireFox isn't supported. SeaMonkey, which Cat and I are using without problems, uses the same basic code. Most of the sites that don't support SeaMonkey think it's an outdated version of FireFox.
Bear in mind that the following was *before* the Hope Hicks news.
Biden Landslide More Likely Than Trump Win October 1, 2020 at 3:53 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard
The latest FiveThirtyEight forecast gives Joe Biden an 80% chance to win the presidential race and Donald Trump a 20% chance. The model also gives Biden a 29% chance he’ll win in a landslide, meaning winning the popular vote by at least 10 percentage points.
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DeleteHope Hicks Tests Positive for Virus
ReplyDeleteOctober 1, 2020 at 8:33 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard 548 Comments
Hope Hicks, one of President Trump’s closest advisers, has tested positive for the coronavirus, ABC News reports.
“Hicks tested positive this week after traveling with the president on Tuesday to and from the first presidential debate on Air Force One.”
“Hicks was also on Marine One, the president’s helicopter, when it left the White House to fly to Joint Base Andrews on Wednesday.”
Bloomberg: “Hicks was seen on Tuesday riding maskless in a staff van with White House senior adviser Stephen Miller, campaign adviser Jason Miller and others.”
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Just thought you would like to know. . .
As the chant goes:
Delete"Oh God make speed to save us;
Oh Lord make haste to help us."
As memory serves me, there is a probability of about 0.5 that Ms Hicks was infected within the past ten days. If the President were just infected, there would be a probability of about 0.95 that he would be symptomatic by the time of the second presidential debate. (Maybe they could put a honking big exhaust fan on his isolation booth.) And the Veep is there to take over for the Prez as needed; the situation is definitely clearer than was the case in the UK when PM Johnson became indisposed. And Mr. Trump might come down with no more than a case of the sniffles. And he assures us that he has a couple of different prophylactic medicines to prevent even that.
DeleteFierce and long, the battle rages,
DeleteBut we do not fear.
Help will come whene'er it's needed,
Cheer, my comrades, cheer!
The President and First Lady are quarantining (after not doing so all day), while awaiting COVID-19 test results.
DeleteSo, has the Pres been with the VP lately? How about Mitch McConnell?
DeleteCNN is reporting that Hope Hicks is feeling really sick with it. I wish her well.
BBC: DT and Melania begin quarantine [Click] Not clear what effect this will have on next debate. Or campaigning, I suppose. Don can campaign from the WH bunker, I suppose.
DeleteThe folks who were on Marine One with Hope Hicks learned abut her testing positive via the media. NOT via the WH. !!!
Delete^ Reported by Shirish Date, Huffpost's WH Correspondent.
DeleteThat's interesting! Given the way COVID spreads, she might have spread it to no one, or to a number of people. And who did she get it from? This could develop into a first-class October Surprise.
DeleteSeveral doctors speaking on CNN have mentioned that by now the President would have had a rapid test and another (one day) test. He should have already had some sort of test results, even though the big deal test that takes 2 days would not have been back yet. Apparently those test results will be back tonight or tomorrow morning.
DeleteHad he tested negative so far, you'd think he would have proclaimed that already.
And should DT be laid up with Coronavirus, what effect will that have on people who were planning to vote for him? They might be somewhat disheartened, but that's just a guess.
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DeleteJim Carrey to play Joe Biden on SNL.
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I wonder if Donald Trump might be played by King Tut [he ducks].
DeleteNo, Alec Baldwin usually does it, not Steve Martin. 😁
DeleteI have spoken with puddle three times in the last two days. Apparently she got dumped out (logged out) of the blog and has gotten a message that Firefox won't work for this, so she has to choose a new browser. However, give that she's on dial-up, that would take days. She is hopeful that a solution will yet arise.
ReplyDeleteI got into Chrome to see if I could check her info for her, but turns out I'd also been logged out of HEP on Chrome! Nice, huh, given that I'm Admin..?! Fortunately I can still connect here via Safari, but that's usually the one that says "Not Secure." If I disappear, somebody tell Renee!
Currently, on Chrome I can post one post at a time, but it resets as if it doesn't know me. And even when I can post one message it doesn't give me any Admin privileges. Weird!
One would at first assume that it is simply another marvel of modern technology, but. . .can we be sure it isn't voter suppression? [ducks again]
DeleteStrange that FireFox isn't supported. SeaMonkey, which Cat and I are using without problems, uses the same basic code. Most of the sites that don't support SeaMonkey think it's an outdated version of FireFox.
DeletePete Wilson Endorses Trump [Click] Pete Wilson, who doomed the Republican Party in California.
ReplyDeleteBiden set another record for fundraising! More in September than in August!
ReplyDeletehttps://www.dailykos.com/stories/2020/10/1/1982585/-AWESOME-Joe-Biden-sets-a-New-World-s-Record-in-Last-Month-s-Fundraising
Sounds to me like a deal should be possible. The Dems pay off Trump's loans, in return for which he goes into exile, for instance.
DeleteLong Island Catholic diocese files for bankruptcy after sexual abuse lawsuits [Click]
ReplyDeleteBear in mind that the following was *before* the Hope Hicks news.
ReplyDeleteBiden Landslide More Likely Than Trump Win
October 1, 2020 at 3:53 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard
The latest FiveThirtyEight forecast gives Joe Biden an 80% chance to win the presidential race and Donald Trump a 20% chance.
The model also gives Biden a 29% chance he’ll win in a landslide, meaning winning the popular vote by at least 10 percentage points.
I'm going to find something to do other than perusing political news for the balance of the evening.
ReplyDelete7 minutes after you posted this, Alan, word came of the President’s test results.
DeleteGuardian: Donald Trump and first lady Melania test positive for coronavirus [Click] “Earlier, Trump confirmed that Hicks had contracted the virus in an interview with Fox News’s Sean Hannity.” This I haven’t read elsewhere, so far.
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