NEW RULES AT THE WHITE HOUSE. The White House Medical Unit is going to conduct a COVID-19 test on..

[demmiblue]

NEW RULES AT THE WHITE HOUSE.

The White House Medical Unit is going to conduct a COVID-19 test on all members of the press who plan to participate in today’s task force briefing, including all correspondents and photographers.

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For love of dog, please don't take the test. Fuck them!

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. It would serve them right if nobody showed up.

[BComplex]

3. I only wish nobody would show up. But MSM is run by republicans, and they want

their people showing up at trump's daily rallies.

[kentuck]

24. I would not submit to their drug test.

Even though, I might not have the good-paying job if I did not show up? They could file a class-action suit. Against their bosses and against the government.

[scarletwoman]

30. THIS!

[paleotn]

62. +10000

[LiberalArkie]

2. Just stay home guys

Let Pence run the cameras

[lagomorph777]

5. He'd put a soft gauzy glow on Dear Leader's face, aim only at his good side, ...

and make love to him through the camera.

[GemDigger]

23. The asshole would probably watch and laugh at each person getting the test.

That the dumbshit doesn't know that results are not immediate, then he is dumber than I thought or merely sadistic knowing it is uncomfortable.

[Totally Tunsie]

27. Depends which test they use.

There's a "fast result" version that is currently in use. Results are available in about 15 minutes. The Governor of RI stated this week that this is the testing being used at our drive-thru testing centers.

https://www.cvshealth.com/newsroom/press-releases/cvs-health-announces-opening-rapid-covid-19-drive-through-testing-sites?CVSTwitter&linkId=85909777

The rapid testing will be conducted using the new Abbott ID NOW COVID-19 test, which recently received emergency use authorization from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for the fastest available molecular point-of-care test for the detection of COVID-19. Positive results can be delivered in as little as five minutes and negative results in as little as 13 minutes

[GemDigger]

36. Good point.

But he is still a sadistic sob that would love watching people go through it needlessly.

[StarryNite]

4. Yet they want to pull federal funding for testing facilities on Friday

Federal funding for testing facilities is being pulled on Friday, even as cases continue to rise

[link:https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2020/4/9/1935815/-Federal-funding-for-testing-facilities-is-being-pulled-on-Friday-even-as-cases-continue-to-rise|

[lagomorph777]

10. WTF? Trump must be desperate to lose the election.

Why not just resign now?

[LiberalArkie]

18. The lower numbers will improve his approval ratings.

[lagomorph777]

21. until the corpses pile up in red states.

Can't ignore the corpses.

[LiberalArkie]

22. Hell, we won't care, They make a good obstacle course but not a good speed bump.

After all no one got upset when "Granny Got Run Over By a Reindeer".

[FiveGoodMen]

34. He'll just blame Obama

M$M will repeat the accusation ad infinitum.

The 100,000,000 Nazi-Americans will lap it up.

[Mike 03]

6. That's the mainstream media's cue to stop paying any attention to the

coronavirus shitshow pressers. Stop willingly participating in this exercise in SELF-HUMILIATION, WH Press Corps!

CNN, MSNBC, BLOOMBERG RADIO: Just stop carrying it! Walk away! Go back to your regular programming!

Ignore! Don't even play clips of Trump babbling incessantly. It's all lies! Nobody cares!

[BusyBeingBest]

7. Stop attending it, stop covering it, stop broadcasting it.

It's a pointless shitshow every day.

[coti]

9. Stop WATCHING it.

Demand creates supply.

[lagomorph777]

11. I haven't watched any of his Daily Scary Clown Show.

I'd rather watch a real leader. Cuomo.

[BusyBeingBest]

14. Agreed. I haven't watched more than brief clips

of anything that's come out of that clown's face-hole in the last three years. Doing my bit to show how revolting I find him.

[UpInArms]

15. I have not watched any of them

tRump is and always will be an odious piece of shit

[bluestarone]

8. Way past time too

STAY THE FUCK AWAY!

[Historic NY]

12. Let the dumb blonde dip shit from OAN take it...

[demmiblue]

13. "White House requires rapid coronavirus testing of staff - and reporters - near Trump"

The White House is requiring that journalists on Thursday take a rapid coronavirus test before participating in the press briefing frequently attended by President Donald Trump.

The White House Medical Unit decided to order the tests after one correspondent who was at a press briefing earlier this week reported symptoms. The decision on the tests, which produce results in approximately 15 minutes, was made “out of an abundance of caution,” according to the White House press office.

The tests will be conducted on all reporters, photographers and technicians “with absolute privacy in a vacant office” in the West Wing, the press office said in a statement.

While the tests are not expected to become a regular occurrence before the daily White House briefings – which regularly feature Trump and Vice President Mike Pence – the medical unit will likely evaluate on a day-to-day basis during the coronavirus pandemic.

https://www.sacbee.com/news/coronavirus/article241895591.html

[Ohiogal]

19. I thought he said it was just a hoax....

[Totally Tunsie]

35. I know, right? What are they afraid of?

Then, too, I notice that as a result of this "hoax", they are distancing themselves at the podium now...about time. None of them wearing masks yet, however.

[world wide wally]

16. strictly for intimidation purposes, of course.

I used to think Trump is one of those fortunate people who are immune to this virus, but i find it far more likely that he is just a carrier.

[mwooldri]

17. Here's an idea. Send people who need a test to the WH.

They will all have to be "members of the press" of course.

[Rhiannon12866]

20. Yet the closest place in my state where testing is available is still 2 counties away

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

25. They should send stool samples instead of nasal swabs.

[Totally Tunsie]

38. I like your way of thinking!

[Funtatlaguy]

39. Yes. In a chocolate pie.

[handmade34]

26. just say no...

do not go
boycott the "trump rallies"

[BamaRefugee]

28. So every reporter will enter into a "private office"...that has probably been totally infested with

COVID-19....in 2 weeks they'll all be intubated...

???? or REAL LIFE today in America? Who the fuck knows?

[Walleye]

29. He will use phony test results to ban the reporters he hates.

[dhol82]

47. That was my first thought.

[Gothmog]

31. Someone at the White House is sick

[Blue_true]

49. Oh, what a fertile field you opined on. Some would say there are no "well" people at the WH. nt

[bucolic_frolic]

32. So they can ban anyone they want and say it was the test results

[joost5]

50. My thoughts exactly.

Wanna bet there will be false positives for New York Times and Washington Post journalists?

[Lonestarblue]

33. Just one more way to punish the press for reporting his lies.

No one should show up. The press briefings are just campaign rallies.

[Nululu]

37. They can't test the sick or dead

But they'll test reporters for germophobe Trump.

[Funtatlaguy]

40. A germaphobe who raw dogs 🍄 porn stars.

[Grokenstein]

41. "Youse guys don't mind if we reuse this swab, do youse?"

"Since youse is concerned about costs and all dat."
"Huh huh huh, good one, Lenny."
"Dat's DOCTOR Lenny, idiot!!"

[C Moon]

42. They're probably going to intentionally infect the media that don't approve of.

[matt819]

43. And then there's the results

Would anyone trust them?

[rocktivity]

44. If they're going to test the reporters, they have to test EVERYONE who's in the room

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And the tests no longer have to be nasopharyngeal:

https://yourhhrsnews.com/?p=44310


rocktivity

[barbtries]

45. they don't even have to be in the same room.

but those fucks don't give a shit. they model behavior that is contrary to the guidelines, day in and day out.

at least the reporters will get to be tested; sick people can't in many cases.

[infullview]

46. Feds siezing tests bound for legitmate hospitals ...

and using them to protect our scumbag pResident!!!!

[NotHardly]

48. I would not trust them to not harm people instead of testing ...

[nilram]

51. Well, damn, that's one way to get a test!

Have had something like walking pneumonia, which I had 40 years ago--and never since then--and can't get a test. An asymptomatic Rand effing Paul? Any number of Basketball players? Sure, walk right up. (Feeling better now, btw, tho still working on it.)

Don't think of it as protecting Trump. Think of it as protecting Anthony Fauci.

[Paladin]

52. MotherFUCK this shit. (nt)

[Texaswitchy]

53. Just want soft ball questions.

The regular reporters were asking tough questions.

[Texin]

54. They could just say that So and So's test was positive and haul that person off to quarantine

facilities far, far away... Or worse, use CV19-infected swabs on the reports. They ARE without a question evil to the core of their rotten being and would resort to that, I've no doubt.

[rocktivity]

57. A version of trick he learned from the land of Puppeteer Putin

where they have "troublesome" reporters certified incompetent and hauled off to mental health facilities.


rocktivity

[procon]

55. That only proves that no virus was detected at the

time of that test. Who knows what difference an hour will make to someone getting infected?

If Trump is worried about reporters, aren't the reporters far more worried that Trump's staff, who aren't practicing safety protocols because they are loyal ass kissers and must share his belief that the Corona virus is a hoax and it's no big deal.

[Raven123]

56. What a waste of tests. Send them to those who need them. Save lives

[erronis]

58. Having had a swab jammed way up there, I can imagine some not wanting to risk

the WH medics pushing extra hard.

[demmiblue]

59. Members of the White House Press Corps wait in line to be administered a test for COVID-19 ahead of

Members of the White House Press Corps wait in line to be administered a test for COVID-19 ahead of the Coronavirus Task Force press briefing at the White House. https://abcn.ws/3e4jm2l

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[SheltieLover]

60. But Early today, Fed announced end of funding for testing!

[link:https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=13256957|

HTF does that work? 🤬🤬🤬🤬

[paleotn]

61. So what? I don't watch it anyway.

It's just crazy town with a smattering of old data, vetted by the White House jackass crew. I could care less.