President Trump Contracting COVID-19

On October 2nd, 2020, President Donald Trump revealed that he and First Lady, Melania Trump, had tested positive for Covid-19, just three days after attending the First Presidential Debate against former vice president Joe Biden. On October 2nd, President Trump tweeted “Tonight, @FLOTUS and I tested positive for COVID-19. We will begin our quarantine and recovery process immediately.” 

After testing positive, the President was moved to the Walter Reed Medical Center in Maryland, where he was closely monitored and underwent multiple treatments aiming to reduce the course and physical strain of the virus. While in the hospital, it was revealed that The President had a high fever, and his oxygen levels dropped twice. On October 3rd, President Trump released pictures depicting him continuing working and released a video describing that he already felt much better. His physician then stated that the President had “made substantial progress” after being in the hospital for less than a day. President Trump was later released from the hospital on October 5th, 2020, three days after being admitted. 

President Trump has since tested negative for COVID-19 on consecutive days and has been deemed no longer contagious. On Monday, October 12th, the President attended his first rally after originally testing positive for COVID-19, which took place in Florida. He has revealed that he plans to hold 2-3 campaign events per day until election day on Tuesday, November 3rd. The deadline for voter registration for this year’s election was October 13th, 2020, according to the Oregon Secretary of State, Bev Clarno. 

President Trump later stated that because he had survived Covid-19, he is now immune to the disease, saying, “I beat this crazy, horrible China virus. And it also gives you immunity.” However, the Center for Disease Control, or CDC, states that “While individuals who have recovered from SARS-CoV-2 infection might develop some protective immunity, the duration and extent of such immunity are not known.” What we do know, however, is that the President’s tweet, “A total and complete sign off from White House Doctors yesterday. That means I can’t get it (immune), and can’t give it,” was marked as misleading and potentially harmful information regarding COVID-19, by Twitter fact-checking. 

The second Presidential Debate was originally scheduled for Thursday, October 15th, 2020, but has been canceled due to the President’s positive COVID-19 test. The second presidential debate has been completely called off after the President refused to take part in a virtual debate. The third presidential debate is still scheduled for Thursday, October 22nd, 2020, and will take place at Belmont University in Nashville, Tennessee. The moderator will be Kristen Welker, the NBC News White House Correspondent. You can watch the debate on ABC, NBC, CBS, Fox, CNN, Fox News, MSNBC, and C-SPAN free from commercials. 

As for the future, things seem to be going back to normal, with The President testing negative for COVID-19 and back in the white house, with the third presidential debate scheduled for next week.