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Breaking: 31 Secret Service members positive! (Original Post)
Laura PourMeADrink
May 2020
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jberryhill
(62,444 posts)1. And he knows it is 31 how?
Is he an administrator there? Does he have some inside source?
mackdaddy
(1,527 posts)2. From Yahoo news article seems to confirm.
According to the DHS document, along with the 11 active cases there are 23 members of the Secret Service who have recovered from COVID-19 and an additional 60 employees who are self-quarantining. No details have been provided about which members of the Secret Service are infected or if any have recently been on detail with the president or vice president.
https://news.yahoo.com/secret-service-coronavirus-cases-white-house-concerns-221444492.html
33taw
(2,443 posts)3. I found this link. Basically, 11 active cases, 23 recovered and 60 quarantined.
Maraya1969
(22,482 posts)4. How much do you want to bet that they were not allowed to wear
masks while on duty.
gab13by13
(21,359 posts)7. I agree, it wouldn't be manly.
Warpy
(111,270 posts)10. Naw, it's because Big Dummy would know
they were all sticking their tongues out at him under those masks.
regnaD kciN
(26,044 posts)5. Don't want to be picky, but...
...the Secret Service has offices all over the country. Theres one here in the Federal Building in Seattle. Theres absolutely zero reason to believe that those agents who are infected or quarantined even work in the D.C. area, let alone on presidential protection detail.
StarryNite
(9,446 posts)6. You just have to rain on our parade, don't ya.
alittlelark
(18,890 posts)8. ....snort.....
jberryhill
(62,444 posts)14. Babwa!!!!
Hermit-The-Prog
(33,349 posts)9. Parade?
I was imagining a circle of coughing agents with a Grotesque Orange Pustule cowering in the center, covered in slime and yelling, "I'm melting! What a hoax! What a hoax!"
grantcart
(53,061 posts)11. Very small percent are in protective service and only a small percentage
Of that is pres/VP service.
Duppers
(28,125 posts)13. Exactly. I was going to post
But your post stated the info very nicely.
Btw, I was once visited by Secret Service agents in Knoxville.
Captain Zero
(6,806 posts)12. Ha. No one to drive his golf cart !
No golf for you, Fat Boy.