Trump to quarantine awaiting Covid test

[jon-nyc]

A testament to how quickly the news arrives:

[jon-nyc]

By the way, he is getting a Regeneron polyclonal antibody cocktail. Regeneron is headquartered about 4mi from my house. The founder’s son just lost the primary to replace my Congress critter, and the chair of the house appropriations committee, Nita Lowy. I voted for him.

[bachophile]

I don’t want to be too snarky but I seriously doubt that any HCQ is in consideration.

But maybe I’m wrong.

[kluurs]

I suspect he'd have access to this therapy as well.

[Jolly]

Just saw Trump Jr. on Tucker. He said his dad was tired, but he had been working the phones with the Senate. All day.

He also said he and Jared had tested negative today.

[George K]

@kluurs said in Trump to quarantine awaiting Covid test:

I suspect he'd have access to this therapy as well.

Nah.

He'd never consent to that. He's an anti-Semite, dontcha know?

[Jolly]

In other news, Trump signed an emergency declaration for New York this afternoon...

[Doctor Phibes]

Clearly, the next debate should be held via Zoom, with both candidates and moderator forced to use a crappy laptop and bluetooth headphones whose batteries run out at the most inconvenient point.

They could further enliven the debates by allowing them to choose amusing backdrops of their choice.

[George K]

@Doctor-Phibes said in Trump to quarantine awaiting Covid test:

Clearly, the next debate should be held via Zoom, with both candidates and moderator forced to use a crappy laptop and bluetooth headphones whose batteries run out at the most inconvenient point.

Other advantages:

1. Moderator (or anyone else) can hit the "mute" button.
2. You can criticize the candidate for not wearing a mask.

[taiwan_girl]

@jon-nyc said in Trump to quarantine awaiting Covid test:

By the way, he is getting a Regeneron polyclonal antibody cocktail.

I saw that this morning and heard that is was experimental and not even approve yet by the FDA. I am surprised that they would give an "experimental" treatment to the President.

But, I am sure that they looked that the possible down parts also and figured that it was almost nothing.

[Jolly]

Remdesivir...

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-tweets-from-hospital-as-doc-confirms-remdesivir-treatment-going-well-i-think

[jon-nyc]

[Loki]

@jon-nyc Who is Jeff Fountain?

[Horace]

Jeff Fountain is a good man, and an extraordinarily clever man. My favorite part of Jeff Fountain is how he's able to begin a message as if it's a hackneyed noise of wisdom like we've all heard a thousand times before from a thousand different people, but then twist it right at the end to make his real point. This is a way to make the reader really think. And thinking, I believe, is very important.

[Loki]

@Horace said in Trump to quarantine awaiting Covid test:

Jeff Fountain is a good man, and an extraordinarily clever man. My favorite part of Jeff Fountain is how he's able to begin a message as if it's a hackneyed noise of wisdom like we've all heard a thousand times before from a thousand different people, but then twist it right at the end to make his real point. This is a way to make the reader really think. And thinking, I believe, is very important.

So you don’t know who he is either. I just don’t get the post, and am wondering what I am missing out on. Words without context don’t mean much to me.

[Doctor Phibes]

Guys, it's just a joke.

If you want puzzles, try those really annoying math threads Jon does.

[jon-nyc]

Loki, pretend I said “seen on twitter” and just quoted the tweet.

[Loki]

@Doctor-Phibes said in Trump to quarantine awaiting Covid test:

Guys, it's just a joke.

If you want puzzles, try those really annoying math threads Jon does.

Why would anyone assume a twitter post is a joke? I don’t think it is possible to satirize twitter except in a Twighlight zone episode where someone bases their reality based on it.

[Horace]

I seem to be the only one to recognize the genius of Jeff Fountain. If he ever makes it big, I'm going to disavow him as a sellout, but until then, I'm cool because nobody else even knows how awesome Jeff Fountain is.

[Loki]

Twitter reminds me of horshack on welcome back Kotter where everyone races to be the first on what they just heard to meet their ego need of going the most viral and being the most cognoscenti and there is no consequence if they are less reliable than the weatherman.