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President Trump and US Government COVID-19 Megathread
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President Trump and US Government COVID-19 Megathread

Posted: 02 Oct 2020 03:50 PM PDT

This thread is for discussing all things relating to the news regarding President Trump's COVID-19 diagnosis as well as the positive test results of other political and government officials.

Yesterday, several prominent people within the US government were diagnosed with COVID-19. Those people include:

People who have tested negative so far:

Joe and Jill Biden
Vice President and Second Lady Pence
Senator and VP nominee Kamala Harris
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo
AG Bill Barr
The Trump children

For a full list of positive and negative test results, see here.

A timeline of events so far:

On Wednesday, Hope Hicks (top aide to President Trump) was confirmed to have COVID-19, but the diagnosis was not made public until Thursday evening.
On Thursday evening, news broke that Hope Hicks had COVID-19.
On Thursday night, Trump announced on Twitter that he and Melania were positive for COVID-19.
Morning of Friday, 10/2: Mark Meadows said Trump had mild symptoms.
Also morning of Friday, 10/2: Biden confirmed that he and his wife tested negative for COVID-19.
Afternoon of Friday, 10/2: Larry Kudlow said Trump had a "very moderate case".
Afternoon of Friday, 10/2: Reporters found out Trump had a fever, cough, and fatigue.
Also afternoon of Friday, 10/2: Trump didn't attend a call with Governors. Pence was on the call in his place.
Also also afternoon of Friday, 10/2: Trump was given an experimental drug to help him fight the virus.
Evening of Friday, 10/2: Trump is flown to Walter Reed.
5:47pm ET on Friday, 10/2: Jim Acosta of CNN tweeted "No transfer of power to Pence, WH says. "Absolutely not" according to WH spokesman"
6:20pm ET on Friday, 10/2: Trump walked to Marine One under his own power to go to Walter Reed. Video here.
6:30pm ET on Friday, 10/2: Trump tweeted out this video of himself speaking directly to camera about going to Walter Reed.