Have to see Trump/WH in unique position to create massive spread in DC, nation - no masks/social distancing/isolation/big crowds/travel/many events/WH itself like train station.
It was WEEKS of super spreading with nothing done to stop the spread.....
The issue of whether the President may be mentally impaired by COVID itself and/or his treatment just has to become a legitimate top of discussion today.
Too many respected doctors are sounding the alarm.
Finally, why do people in Trumpworld view isolating for 14 days after exposure as something optional for them, like a mask? Meadows, Pence, Barr, Coney Barrett, Rudy have all refused to isolate.....why? @PressSec didn't isolate for 4 days after expose....
We all need to spend time in coming days on why Trumpworld has found it so difficult to fight the virus.
Yes, there was no federal response, but why did WH itself drop all CDC protocols? Why aren't they masking, isolating now? Why are the rules different for them?
Even after a virulent outbreak which has spread thru WH, campaign, Pentagon, Senate, House, CA/IN/NJ/OH and who knows where else, Trump, Pence, Meadows, Barr, Coney Barrett, Rudy still not isolating. Masking still appears optional. Why? Why can't they accept realities of COVID?
Their recklessness is endangering their closest aides, colleagues, family. Who would do that? Where does Meadows, for example, go at night? Who does he see? Dude was in hospital room w/Trump when POTUS had no mask on. He could be Corona Mary now. How can he still be working?
The COVID story that matters isn't the health of the painted man in the WH - it's about the ongoing, relentless failure of Trump to protect the American people.
COVID rates are rising, he himself has spread COVID across the US - it's madness.
It is critical that we get a straight answer today about what is happening to all those who have been in close proximity to Trump in recent days - did they have protective gear on? Are they quarantining?
Will anyone be allowed in the same room w/him at the WH?
We also need to understand:
Is WH working w/DC-MD-VA to contact trace their outbreak?
Why aren't folks like Pence, Barr, ACB Meadows isolating as the CDC requires?
Just like w/the nation itself, not clear WH has ANY plan to stop spread it caused.
That Trump/Meadows haven't initiated any kind of contract tracing/isolation regime for the big outbreak the WH/President has caused months into the pandemic is a terrible reminder of just how inept, reckless and dangerous this team has been.
Yesterday Mike DeWine the governor of Ohio says no one from the Administration has contacted the state about contact tracing the outbreak which occurred in Cleveland at Tuesday's debate. cnn.com/2020/10/04/pol…
If the President was infectious starting last Friday, the number of people he could have infected is enormous, and we could be in the early stages of a major regional and national outbreak.