So Trump has Covid-19

[CharlesPhipps]

https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/01/politics/hope-hicks-positive-coronavirus/index.html

Yeah, who could have seen this coming.

[Captain Crimson]

Beat me to it!

Am I an awful person for laughing this hard? I mean, I guess to H with it. He's an elected official, being irresponsible. This really was all on him.

I won't celebrate it. But I will laugh so hard at such irony.

[CharlesPhipps]

I don't wish death on anyone.

But if he gets very sick, maybe some people will take this seriously.

[Captain Crimson]

I don't wish death on anyone.

But if he gets very sick, maybe some people will take this seriously.

Yeah, I didn't celebrate Mr. Scalia's death. Or Ms. Ginsberg's death.

I didn't do that for Mr. McCain, and I don't wish that upon any of the others.

That being said, this really is some delicious, karmic irony. It's just... I think I'm entitled to a bit of levity.

I mean, WOW. I didn't even hit the beaches when spring came. As tempting as it was, sadly...

[Fuzzy Necromancer]

I'm trying not to get my hopes up. After all, Boris Johnson caught Covid19 and he got better.

[Madner Kami]

Don't sing and dance in the hopes of the witch being dead. There's a quite large likelyhood, that his infection will go by without any major complications and you know how this will play out in his favour. Don't ding dong the bell, before the witch is dead, metaphoricly and literally.

[Captain Crimson]

I was wondering whether Mr. 45 would get it or not, yet I always felt like, one could determine whether it was before the election or after. Not if, when.

[CharlesPhipps]

I'm trying not to get my hopes up. After all, Boris Johnson caught Covid19 and he got better.

Boris Johnson in fact gained "the one good thing in his life" criteria by serving as a guinea pig for remdesivir, which has been proven to reduce your chances of dying by Covid significantly.

And yes, I think Trump will make it through fine.

I had Covid and survived.

[Captain Crimson]

I'm trying not to get my hopes up. After all, Boris Johnson caught Covid19 and he got better.

Boris Johnson in fact gained "the one good thing in his life" criteria by serving as a guinea pig for remdesivir, which has been proven to reduce your chances of dying by Covid significantly.

And yes, I think Trump will make it through fine.

I had Covid and survived.

I hadn't known that, wow. Sorry to hear it. clearspira also had it, it seems.

[Captain Crimson]

Something I want to bring up.

Any possibility this is white noise? The reasons I can think vary, but:

1) To skip out on the second debate with an excuse. Flimsy, I know, but if they are planning to take steps as they threaten, this could be a way to save face.

2) To engender sympathy ahead of the elections, since that's his style of administration.

3) To make a cause for herd immunity.

4) To serve as a distraction while they do something elsewhere.

How likely is that?