Donald Trump
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- Boris being overweight was known.First.Aspect said:
Turns out Boris was fat, middle aged and unfit.coopster_the_1st said:
Trump's symptoms(or not) will have a much wider impact, worldwide.pangolin said:
Boris was very seriously ill. Why is that anecdotal case one that should be ignored, as opposed to an anecdotal (and yet to happen) case of Donald only getting it mildly?coopster_the_1st said:
Depends how badly he or his wife is affected by it.kingstongraham said:
Inevitable wasn't it?rick_chasey said:Not sure this is good news tbh
He can't divert attention from his actions in the pandemic now, can't go and hold rallies (unless he does, which is bad for him).
If he can catch it with every advantage he's had - might make people in risk groups like he is think a bit about protecting themselves more than he did.
He'll try and make himself look like a strong man if he gets over it or doesn't have symptoms, obviously, but getting a bit late now. He's a potentially ill man trying to get four more years when voting has already started. The only positive for him is the test.
If they stay asymptomatic or mild symptoms then it will hopefully remove a lot of the hysteria around C19 which can only be a good thing
I'm not dismissing what happened to Boris but statistically he was unlucky (unless there are underlying conditions we do not know about)
Hope that helps explain things for you.
- Unfit yes, when compared to the likes of us but against the average person his age he is probably fitter than them
- Being middle-aged is not high risk from C19
That he probably continued to work long days when he should have taken the time off recovering has a good chance of contributing as much to his illness as the 3 above points0 -
Don't think Pence gets the voters out in the same numbers.First.Aspect said:
Improve.briantrumpet said:Genuinely interesting, were Trump to have to withdraw, whether it would improve or worsen the Republicans' chances of winning back the Presidency.
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“New York has the haircuts, London has the trousers, but Belfast has the reason!0
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The BBC saysJezyboy said:
Not at 6 foot 12 or whatever he measured.ugo.santalucia said:
Is that supposed to be a good weight? Would it not put him in the obese category anyway?briantrumpet said:
Yes, could well be a ploy. Given that his doctors are dishonest enough to claim that he weighs 225lbs, despite the visual evidence to the contrary,
Donald Trump has clear risk factors - including his age, weight and being male - that all raise the chances of a severe coronavirus infection. He is 74 and has a Body Mass Index (BMI) over 30, which is the clinical definition of obesity.
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I feel fairly sure there is a 50% chance these will be dropped in 2021.kingstongraham said:
Worsen. The Republican party is the Trump party now.First.Aspect said:
Improve.briantrumpet said:Genuinely interesting, were Trump to have to withdraw, whether it would improve or worsen the Republicans' chances of winning back the Presidency.
This is their 2020 policy platform - seriously.
https://prod-cdn-static.gop.com/docs/Resolution_Platform_2020.pdfRESOLVED, That the Republican Party has and will continue to enthusiastically support the President’s America-first agenda;
RESOLVED, That the 2020 Republican National Convention will adjourn without adopting a new platform until the 2024 Republican National Convention;
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He's clearly a lot heavier than 111kg. I'm 6'5" and have weighed 111kg a couple of years ago (now more like 97kg) and even at my heaviest i did not look anyway near as hefty as him.ugo.santalucia said:
The BBC saysJezyboy said:
Not at 6 foot 12 or whatever he measured.ugo.santalucia said:
Is that supposed to be a good weight? Would it not put him in the obese category anyway?briantrumpet said:
Yes, could well be a ploy. Given that his doctors are dishonest enough to claim that he weighs 225lbs, despite the visual evidence to the contrary,
Donald Trump has clear risk factors - including his age, weight and being male - that all raise the chances of a severe coronavirus infection. He is 74 and has a Body Mass Index (BMI) over 30, which is the clinical definition of obesity.1 -
It's amazing, they didn't even change the first page from this:morstar said:
I feel fairly sure there is a 50% chance these will be dropped in 2021.kingstongraham said:
Worsen. The Republican party is the Trump party now.First.Aspect said:
Improve.briantrumpet said:Genuinely interesting, were Trump to have to withdraw, whether it would improve or worsen the Republicans' chances of winning back the Presidency.
This is their 2020 policy platform - seriously.
https://prod-cdn-static.gop.com/docs/Resolution_Platform_2020.pdfRESOLVED, That the Republican Party has and will continue to enthusiastically support the President’s America-first agenda;
RESOLVED, That the 2020 Republican National Convention will adjourn without adopting a new platform until the 2024 Republican National Convention;
And s first line to warm Rick's hackles:
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On his way to hospital.0
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Yep, Sopel was making the point that the White House has comprehensive medical facilities and seemed to find the 'precautionary' message a bit dubious.rick_chasey said:
A more well equipped hospital...plenty of medical assistance in the White House..Pross said:On his way to hospital.
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You wouldn't bet your house in him having a mild case would you.[Castle Donington Ladies FC - going up in '22]0
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He’s screwed. His chances are about 50/50 at best:0
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What is it 1 in 25 you die if you’re in your in your 70s?
And that’s before you account for being fat0 -
And they have already put him on Regeneron’s experimental polyclonal antibody treatment.
More to the point, he's stopped tweeting...0 -
lets see if he drinks his own lies and swallows some bleach. I’ve heard it’s a good cure.
“Give a man a fish and feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and feed him for a lifetime. Teach a man to cycle and he will realize fishing is stupid and boring”
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I wish him well.0
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For a second I read that as breathing.briantrumpet said:And they have already put him on Regeneron’s experimental polyclonal antibody treatment.
More to the point, he's stopped tweeting...
[Castle Donington Ladies FC - going up in '22]0 -
They need to make the press releases more believable. They claimed he's been working all afternoon and will continue working from hospital.0
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Pross said:
They need to make the press releases more believable. They claimed he's been working all afternoon and will continue working from hospital.
I think he classes watching Fox News as 'work'.1 -
There's so many of the republicans seem to have caught it. I can't feel much sympathy.0 -
Is there a correlation between covid risk and hubris?rick_chasey said:What is it 1 in 25 you die if you’re in your in your 70s?
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Herman Cain has been tweeting against masks even after he died of covid. That takes hubris to a new level.First.Aspect said:
Is there a correlation between covid risk and hubris?rick_chasey said:What is it 1 in 25 you die if you’re in your in your 70s?
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This is not the most positive body language.
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kingstongraham said:
There's so many of the republicans seem to have caught it. I can't feel much sympathy.
A Republican running for Congress asked why so few prominent Democrats have tested positive for Covid... Twitter told her...
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So does the presidential debates continue in the absence of Trump?
Does that mean Biden will have a coherent but powerless adversary as a substitute?
That could be interesting.seanoconn - gruagach craic!0 -
Did anyone say it's because the democrats are bed wetters that live in fear?briantrumpet said:kingstongraham said:
There's so many of the republicans seem to have caught it. I can't feel much sympathy.
A Republican running for Congress asked why so few prominent Democrats have tested positive for Covid... Twitter told her...
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Oof, first time I've read the conspiracy theory that dems gave it to him at the debate.veronese68 said:
Did anyone say it's because the democrats are bed wetters that live in fear?briantrumpet said:kingstongraham said:
There's so many of the republicans seem to have caught it. I can't feel much sympathy.
A Republican running for Congress asked why so few prominent Democrats have tested positive for Covid... Twitter told her...
https://mobile.twitter.com/DeAnna4Congress/status/1312037149546614786- Genesis Croix de Fer
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He is in several high-risk groups — elderly, obese, low-income.4
