“Mr. Trump received a positive result on Thursday evening before making an appearance on Fox News in which he didn’t reveal those results.” https://t.co/tzJSaiPFVb
— Andrew Desiderio (@AndrewDesiderio) October 4, 2020
You cannot give this White House the benefit of the doubt. They’ve been lying for days about this. Until they prove otherwise, I’m going to assume that he knew he was positive before the debate.
— Parker Molloy (@ParkerMolloy) October 5, 2020
We are now deep into Day 3 if Donald Trump’s COVID crisis, and the American public really doesn’t have ANY reliable official information about his condition.
— Jim Roberts (@nycjim) October 4, 2020
President Trump briefly left Walter Reed medical center quarantine to drive by a group of supporters — a move that was swiftly criticized by medical experts and Democrats as "insanity." https://t.co/3oMlg38KUj
— NBC News (@NBCNews) October 5, 2020
There has been mounting evidence to support the hypothesis that the Trump/cult policy morphed from incompetence into indifference — allowing uncontrolled spread of the coronavirus. This is evidence of malevolence: deliberately ensuring its spread. https://t.co/8rSzxabVsy
— Dan Gillmor (@dangillmor) October 4, 2020
UPDATE: "Every single person in the vehicle during that completely unnecessary Presidential 'drive-by' just now has to be quarantined for 14 days," Dr. James Phillips, attending physician at Walter Reed tweeted. https://t.co/wiBfDEjNxJ
— CBS Los Angeles (@CBSLA) October 5, 2020
Would've been better in a white Ford Bronco. https://t.co/fQhajGwdrT
— Kevin M. Kruse (@KevinMKruse) October 4, 2020
I respect your right to do that https://t.co/ISeYshrYpT
— Charles P. Pierce (@CharlesPPierce) October 5, 2020
Totally shocked that the guy who tear gassed peaceful protesters for a photo-op would endanger the lives of secret service agents for a joyride.
— Andrew Weinstein (@Weinsteinlaw) October 4, 2020
Trump claims he's been visiting wounded vets at Walter Reed, while hospitalized for a highly contagious disease. #takehiskeysMike https://t.co/zzev1ByCGT
— Lindsay Beyerstein (@beyerstein) October 4, 2020
“Suddenly, they’re throwing the kitchen sink at him”
— Jonathan Lemire (@JonLemire) October 4, 2020
“It raises the question: Is he sicker than we’re hearing, or are they being overly aggressive because he is the president, in a way that could be potentially harmful?” https://t.co/Z8lxBJb3M1
Alarming quote from a Sean Conley colleague: "Every statement he is giving appears to be political, dictated by the White House or the president. These are not the statements a medical doctor gives."https://t.co/vXxt5qGpGA
— Ian Sams (@IanSams) October 5, 2020
You don’t start dexamethasone, Remdesivir and given an experimental antibody cocktail to the President in the setting of low oxygen “dips” unless there’s COVID Pneumonia.
— Vin Gupta “😷!” MD (@VinGuptaMD) October 4, 2020
What did his chest imaging show? The American people deserve basic information on their President
Even WSJ's edit page has had it with these briefings:
— Bill Grueskin (@BGrueskin) October 4, 2020
"Some matters may need to be kept from the public but … that can't include such basic issues as the status of Trump’s disease, the seriousness of his symptoms & the details of his treatment regimen"https://t.co/gI1RkxwEip
If @realDonaldTrump were my patient, in unstable condition + contagious illness, & he suddenly left the hospital to go for a car ride that endangers himself & others:
— Leana Wen, M.D. (@DrLeanaWen) October 4, 2020
I'd call security to restrain him then perform a psychiatric evaluation to examine his decision-making capacity.
A man with a dangerous and highly contagious disease, who is being treated for that disease with powerful drugs, wanted to be taken for a ride in a car so he could wave to gawking cult followers.
— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) October 4, 2020
As long as 40 percent of us are this stupid, we are doomed as a nation.
There's little evidence that the White House or the Trump campaign has reached out to potentially exposed people, or even circulated guidance to the rattled staffers within the White House complex. https://t.co/p1j98j72Yq
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) October 5, 2020
State-Sponsored Bullshit, and Why Truth Matters | Psychology Today https://t.co/6LXpu6io3t
— Malcolm Nance (@MalcolmNance) October 4, 2020
The only plausible reason I can come up with for the White House refusing to disclose when Trump’s last negative test occurred is that he was tested far less frequently than they led us to believe https://t.co/AJPnOeqMdC
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) October 4, 2020
Joseph R. Biden Jr. has again tested negative for the coronavirus, his campaign announced Sunday evening, less than a week after he shared a debate stage with President Trump, who has tested positive for the virus and is in the hospital.https://t.co/I88jVIrNqj
— The New York Times (@nytimes) October 4, 2020
At this point “House of Cards” is like a Ken Burns documentary
— Peter Lattman (@peterlattman) October 4, 2020
The Overnight Note 