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The shocking news on Friday is that US President Donald Trump, Melania Trump, and one of his closest advisers, Hope Hicks, tested positive for the coronavirus. Now the big question is how long it was from the infection until the news was known.
It was anyway
According to CNN correspondent Kaitlan Collins at the White House, what is described as a small group in the Trump administration should have known that Hope Hicks had tested positive for corona early Thursday. She is referring to White House sources.
Despite the infection being known, President Trump still went to New Jersey to attend an event the same day, Collins writes in Twitter.
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The big question now is when was the president infected and how many may he have passed on before it became known. On Wednesday, thousands of Trump supporters gathered at a Minnesota airport. Trump himself says his Hicks may have been infected in front of a supporter.
I was told that a small group of officials knew Thursday morning that Hope Hicks had tested positive. Despite that, President Trump traveled to New Jersey for a fundraiser and his press secretary held a briefing.
– Kaitlan Collins (@kaitlancollins) October 2, 2020
– She is a very warm person. She has a hard time asking people to stay away when they come to her, and she just wants to treat them well. “It is a very, very hard disease,” Trump told Fox News, as quoted by CNN.
Risk rejected
Throughout the election campaign, the president has held large meetings, which has been widely criticized when it comes to infection control. During the debate against Joe Biden on Wednesday night, he defended the strategy, citing vaccines as the main solution to combat the pandemic, ahead of social distancing and the use of bandages.
– Risk increases dramatically
“My election campaign meetings have been held in the open air and have not had any negative impact on the spread of covid-19,” Trump said during the chaotic debate.
According to ABC News, which verified the claim, this is incorrect, as at least one election campaign event took place indoors. In addition, several cases of disease are associated with these:
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After the first election campaign meeting in Tulsa on June 20, the city’s health director said the event “likely contributed” to the rapid rise in corona infections in the area since then. Additionally, eight members of Trump’s campaign staff tested positive.
– Biden in the basement
During the debate on Wednesday night, Trump further said that he had gathered between 30,000 and 40,000 people during the events and that everything had gone well. Also, he boasted that he can gather many listeners, while Biden “only gathers three or four.”
– That’s why Biden is hiding in the basement, he said bitterly about the opponent.
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