Friday 2nd of October President Donald Trump announces he has tested positive for Coronavirus on his official twitter. Dow (US stock market) futures plunge more than 400 points after Trump says he and Melina have tested positive for coronavirus. Trump is in several high-risk groups — elderly, obese. However, he’s the president and will get the best medical care/access to treatments none of us would.
Value bet: Celebrity death match: Trump vs COVID-19. Who will win?
Trump -1000, Covid + 3000; Our money would be on corona.
At the first presidential debate Trump is quoted saying;
“I wear a mask when needed… I don’t wear masks like him. Every time you see him, he’s got a mask. He could be speaking 200 feet away and he shows up with the biggest mask I’ve ever seen.”
Trump, at the debate day before yesterday. This might go down as one of the most famous quotes in history. Now we wish Biden wore a mask. He did not and was in range of Trump with no screen protective in-between them the air flow towards Biden may have infected him that night as well. Not to mention Melina was also infected and was mingling with the crowd before and after the event further spreading the virus.
Could Biden be infected? Simple answer Yes. We won’t immediately because the virus takes a few days to develop.
The evidence:
Something else to consider…Hope Hicks and he KNEW she was infected Wednesday night, she was then in close proximity to the following people (that we know of):
Jim Jordan, Alice Marie Johnson, Robert O’Brien, Rudy Giuliani, Mark Meadows, Ivanka Trump, Jared Kushner, Donald Trump Jr., Kimberly Guilfoyle, Eric Trump, Tiffany Trump, Lara Trump, Bill Stepien, Jason Miller, Kayleigh Mcenany, Gaby Hurt, Dan Scavino, Stephen Miller.
It’s safe to assume that if the people above didn’t follow guidelines of not touching face, washing hands and covering mouth they have covid from the debate night.
Biden himself is pro mask saying in front of 73 million Americans watching at home, that scientific experts are against the use of masks:
“Oh. Masks — masks make a big difference. His own head of the CDC said if we just wore masks between now — if everybody wore masks and social distancing between now and January, we’d probably save up to 100,000 lives. It matters”
What does this mean for the election?
This could either be very bad or very good for the country.
If he gets so sick that he has to stay in an ICU, the Trump supporters might start taking this seriously if they see their god-king crippled. They will start to take masks and hand washing seriously and we will probably see a change in Trump’s position as well since it finally impacted him personally.
If he comes out of this with barely a cough, that will just give ammunition that it isn’t worse than the flu, and they will no longer adhere to any restrictions or requirements.
The next two weeks are going to be nuts.
Hope Hicks tested negative for COVID-19 Wednesday morning, so she boarded AF1. She developed symptoms during the day and received a second test, which came back positive. The White House knew about this Wed evening but Trump still had a fundraiser Thursday.
Tonight, @FLOTUS and I tested positive for COVID-19. We will begin our quarantine and recovery process immediately. We will get through this TOGETHER!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 2, 2020
What does this mean for us degens who bet on the election results?
As of 2nd October ALL lines are closed worldwide. This is either because because A LOT of money would be pouring on a Biden win right now with people factoring in potential Trump death or their second running mate would be classed as the next President and their odds would have been at 40/1 before the news of covid outbreak. If Covid beats trump bets will be counted as LOST and not void.
Lines removed on Skybet, Betfair, Bet365 and many more.
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