{"id":80668,"date":"2020-10-02T23:37:04","date_gmt":"2020-10-02T20:37:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/president-trump-tested-positive-for-coronavirus-heres-everything-we-know-so-far\/"},"modified":"2020-10-02T23:37:04","modified_gmt":"2020-10-02T20:37:04","slug":"president-trump-tested-positive-for-coronavirus-heres-everything-we-know-so-far","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/president-trump-tested-positive-for-coronavirus-heres-everything-we-know-so-far\/","title":{"rendered":"#\n  President Trump tested positive for coronavirus \u2014 here\u2019s everything we know so far"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3bf23b5322c\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3bf23b5322c\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/president-trump-tested-positive-for-coronavirus-heres-everything-we-know-so-far\/#Whats_been_reported_about_the_presidents_prognosis_what_this_means_for_the_election_and_national_security_and_more\" >What\u2019s been reported about the president\u2019s prognosis, what this means for the election and national security, and more<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-4' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-4'><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-4' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/president-trump-tested-positive-for-coronavirus-heres-everything-we-know-so-far\/#Nicole_Lyn_Pesce\" >Nicole Lyn Pesce<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;<strong>#<br \/>\n  President Trump tested positive for coronavirus \u2014 here\u2019s everything we know so far<br \/>\n<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"article__subhead\" itemprop=\"alternativeHeadline\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Whats_been_reported_about_the_presidents_prognosis_what_this_means_for_the_election_and_national_security_and_more\"><\/span>\n  What\u2019s been reported about the president\u2019s prognosis, what this means for the election and national security, and more<br \/>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"column column--full article__content\">\n<div id=\"js-article__body\" class=\"article__body article-wrap at16-col16 barrons-article-wrap\" itemprop=\"articleBody\" data-sbid=\"40C5D17C-04BF-11EB-AD59-545AA45AF91E\">\n<div class=\"barrons-article-ad-wrapper\">\n<div data-track=\"barrons-article-ad-wrap\" class=\"barrons-article-ad sticky_item\">\n<div class=\"barrons-main-article-ad-target sticky_target body_ad\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>       The revelation that President Donald Trump has tested positive for the coronavirus that causes the disease COVID-19 rattled the world on Friday, raising questions and concerns about his personal health, U.S. national security, and the course of the November presidential election. <\/p>\n<p> Here\u2019s everything we know about Trump\u2019s diagnosis and its wide-ranging implications so far. This story will continue to be updated.<\/p>\n<div class=\"paywall\">\n       <strong>The diagnosis:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>President Trump tweeted at 12:54 a.m. Eastern time on Friday that he and first lady Melania Trump tested positive for COVID-19. \u201cWe will begin our quarantine and recovery process im<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">media<\/a>tely,\u201d he wrote. \u201cWe will get through this TOGETHER!\u201d<\/p>\n<div data-layout=\"inline\n              \" data-layout-mobile=\"\" class=\"\n        media-object\n        type-InsetTweet\n          inline\n  article__inset\n        article__inset--type-InsetTweet\n          article__inset--inline\n  \"><\/p>\n<div class=\"dynamic-inset-container article__inset__dynamic\">\n<style>\n            iframe.twitter-tweet {\n                width: 100% !important;\n            }\n        <\/style>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\"><p>\n            <a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump\/status\/1311892190680014849?s=20%20\"><\/a>\n            <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>        <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>       Their son Barron, 14, has so far tested negative, the first lady\u2019s chief of staff Stephanie Grisham reportedly <a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nprpolitics\/status\/1312100889696464896\" class=\"icon none\">told NPR<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Vice President Mike Pence, who would stand in for Trump as president if Trump were to become too ill to lead the country, also tested negative for COVID-19 on Friday morning. <\/p>\n<p>For the time being, the White House doctor says that the president can carry out his duties \u201cwithout disruption,\u201d and that the president and first lady \u201care both well at this time, and they plan to remain at home within the White House during their convalescence.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows said Trump was showing \u201cmild symptoms\u201d on Friday. White House physician Sean Conley said the president was \u201cfatigued but in good spirits\u201d later Friday afternoon, and revealed Trump received a \u201csingle 8 gram dose\u201d of an antibody cocktail made by Regeneron. Several months into the pandemic, there are still only a limited number of treatment options for people with severe forms of COVID-19, let alone milder cases. Treatments like remdesivir and convalescent plasma target very ill patients. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s watching, waiting \u2026 just supportive care, in <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/general\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"3\" title=\"General\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">general<\/a>. Isolate,\u201d Dr. Steven Shapiro, chief medical and scientific officer at UPMC, a hospital system based in Pittsburgh, told MarketWatch. (He is not involved in treating the Trumps.) \u201cThe thing that we know that is most effective right now are steroids. But that tends to work later in the disease when someone develops the pneumonia.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It should be noted that Trump\u2019s age, 74, and likely also his weight put him at a higher risk of suffering severe illness from the coronavirus. <\/p>\n<div id=\"cx-membership-tile\"><\/div>\n<p><strong>What if Trump becomes too sick to serve as president?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>As noted above, under the Constitution the vice president would take the reins in the event that Trump was unable to perform his duties for health reasons, and he would likely pick another Republican to serve as his own vice president. If something h<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ened where Pence was unable to step in as commander-in-chief, Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi would be next in line. Here\u2019s a detailed look at the presidential line of succession.<\/p>\n<p>Even though the president\u2019s symptoms were described as \u201cmild\u201d on Friday, the health scare is raising questions about what happens next with Trump\u2019s Supreme Court nominee, Amy Coney Barrett,  and how his illness could shake up the federal government in the midst of a pandemic crisis.<\/p>\n<p>The Rev. John Jenkins, the president of Notre Dame, the university at whose law school Barrett has been a professor, revealed Friday that he had received a positive diagnosis. He had <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/trip-and-travel\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"10\" title=\"Trip &amp; Travel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">travel<\/a>ed to Washington for the Rose Garden ceremony at which Barrett\u2019s nomination was formally announced. <\/p>\n<div data-layout=\"inline\n              \" data-layout-mobile=\"\" class=\"\n        media-object\n        type-InsetTweet\n          inline\n  article__inset\n        article__inset--type-InsetTweet\n          article__inset--inline\n  \"><\/p>\n<div class=\"dynamic-inset-container article__inset__dynamic\">\n<style>\n            iframe.twitter-tweet {\n                width: 100% !important;\n            }\n        <\/style>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\"><p>\n            <a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/timjhogan\/status\/1312070457097678849\"><\/a>\n            <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>        <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>       Jenkins conceded he had not worn a face covering at the ceremony and <a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/travisakers\/status\/1312085092056129537\" class=\"icon none\">said he regretted that decision<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div data-layout=\"inline\n              \" data-layout-mobile=\"\" class=\"\n        media-object\n        type-InsetTweet\n          inline\n  article__inset\n        article__inset--type-InsetTweet\n          article__inset--inline\n  \"><\/p>\n<div class=\"dynamic-inset-container article__inset__dynamic\">\n<style>\n            iframe.twitter-tweet {\n                width: 100% !important;\n            }\n        <\/style>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\"><p>\n            <a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChrisJansing\/status\/1312075721779687432\"><\/a>\n            <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>        <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>       <strong>Contact tracing: <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a> came hours after the White House revealed that presidential aide Hope Hicks had contracted COVID-19 after traveling with the president several times earlier in the week.<\/p>\n<p>Among the questions raised by Trump\u2019s diagnosis were where he had been and whom he had met with in the days before he tested positive. And he\u2019d had a busy week, including a debate against former Vice President Biden, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JoeBiden\/status\/1312065485400346625?s=20\" class=\"icon none\">who tested negative for the virus on Friday morning<\/a> and urged everyone to wear a mask, wash their hands and practice social distancing.<\/p>\n<p><strong>See:<\/strong>Here\u2019s a reverse timeline of where Trump has been. <\/p>\n<p>Trump\u2019s chief of staff noted Friday morning that all White House staff had been tested for COVID-19, saying he expects that \u201cas this virus continues to go on, other people in the White House will certainly have a positive test result.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Biden and running mate Kamala Harris <a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KamalaHarris\/status\/1312018763961729024?s=20\" class=\"icon none\">expressed their wishes for the Trumps to make a speedy recovery<\/a>, with Biden tweeting, &#8220;We will continue to pray for the health and safety of the president and his family.\u201d <\/p>\n<div data-layout=\"inline\n              \" data-layout-mobile=\"\" class=\"\n        media-object\n        type-InsetTweet\n          inline\n  article__inset\n        article__inset--type-InsetTweet\n          article__inset--inline\n  \"><\/p>\n<div class=\"dynamic-inset-container article__inset__dynamic\">\n<style>\n            iframe.twitter-tweet {\n                width: 100% !important;\n            }\n        <\/style>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\"><p>\n            <a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JoeBiden\/status\/1312010736604979201?s=20\"><\/a>\n            <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>        <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>       <strong>What this means for the election:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s a lot still up in the air, such as whether the remaining two presidential debates, on Oct. 15 and Oct. 22, will be canceled. They will most likely be impacted in some way. There is some speculation that they may not be in-person events.<\/p>\n<p>Next week\u2019s vice presidential debate between Pence and Sen. Kamala Harris in Salt Lake City, Utah will go forward as planned, according to a report from the Associated Press, citing officials within the debate commission. <\/p>\n<p>The president will be putting in-person campaigning on pause while he quarantines, with his campaign manager Bill Stepien announcing Friday that these are being moved to virtual events or are being temporarily postponed. \u201cAll other campaign events will be considered on a case-by-case basis and we will make any relevant announcements in the days ahead,\u201d he said. But Pence will resume his scheduled campaign events. <\/p>\n<p>Biden\u2019s schedule also still has him traveling to Michigan on Friday. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Related:<\/strong>Here\u2019s how Trump\u2019s positive coronavirus test has shaken up the campaign \u2013 plus what could happen next<\/p>\n<p>As for the election itself, it\u2019s unlikely that Congress would or certainly could delay an election that\u2019s just 32 days away. But if it were to be postponed, or if a president became incapacitated or died this close to Election Day, here\u2019s what would happen. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Global reactions: <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Financial markets were rattled by the October surprise, with U.S. stocks and European equities falling overnight, and the Dow trading lower Friday after the president\u2019s COVID-19 diagnosis and a weaker-than-expected jobs report. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Opinion:<\/strong>Trump\u2019s COVID-19: What the latest election turmoil might mean for your 401(k)<\/p>\n<p>European stock markets finished higher on Friday, but U.S. stocks were well off their opening lows Friday afternoon. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Read more<\/strong>: Here\u2019s what President Trump\u2019s coronavirus diagnosis means for stock-market volatility \u2014 so far<\/p>\n<p>World leaders including U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who was hospitalized with the coronavirus in July, sent the Trumps expressions of concern and well wishes for their speedy recovery. The Russian leader Vladimir Putin sent a telegram reading, \u201cI am certain that your inherent vitality, good spirits and optimism will help you cope with this dangerous virus.\u201d <\/p>\n<p><strong>Opinion:<\/strong>Why Trump\u2019s virus infection resonates globally, and adds a new layer of uncertainty to world affairs<\/p>\n<p>Trump joins a small number of world leaders who have contracted COVID-19, including Johnson and Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro. Their diagnoses have impacted their countries\u2019 responses to the pandemic in different ways. <\/p>\n<p>Trump\u2019s diagnosis also put his own response to the pandemic \u2014 which he likes to \u201cplay down,\u201d in his own words \u2014 in even sharper focus. The president has chosen not to wear a face mask during most public engagements, despite a long-standing CDC recommendation to wear a face covering to stem the virus\u2019s spread. Here\u2019s a timeline of Trump\u2019s shifting statements on face masks and the threat that the coronavirus has posed to Americans. <\/p>\n<p>By Friday morning, the U.S. accounted for about a fifth of the global number of confirmed cases of COVID-19, with its 7.3 million cases now including the president and first lady, and 207,816 fatalities and counting. <\/p>\n<p>House Speaker Nancy Pelosi told MSNBC that she hoped the news would bring a complete shift in the U.S. approach to managing the pandemic. \u201cMaybe now that people that see that the president of the United States, and all the protection he has, and the first lady, having this exposure, it might be a learning experience,\u201d she said. \u201cAnd more than learning, it has to be something that is acted upon.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This is a breaking-news story that will continue to be updated. <\/p>\n<div data-layout=\"\n              inline\" data-layout-mobile=\"\" class=\"\n        media-object\n        type-InsetCommentingPromo\n            \n            inline\n  article__inset\n        article__inset--type-InsetCommentingPromo\n            article__inset--inline\n  \"><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"byline article__byline\">\n<p>      <span>By<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"author  hasMenu\" data-scrim='{\"type\":\"author\",\"header\":\"Nicole Lyn Pesce\",\"subhead\":\"The Wall Street Journal\",\"list\":[]}' itemscope itemprop=\"author\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/Person\">\n<h4 itemprop=\"name\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Nicole_Lyn_Pesce\"><\/span>Nicole Lyn Pesce<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">For forums sites go to <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/forum.buradabiliyorum.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Forum.BuradaBiliyorum.Com<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>If you want to read more News articles, you can visit our <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/news\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">News category.<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"color: black;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.marketwatch.com\/news\/story.asp?guid=%7B40C5D17C-04BF-11EB-AD59-545AA45AF91E%7D&#038;siteid=rss&#038;rss=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Source<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;# President Trump tested positive for coronavirus \u2014 here\u2019s everything we know so far &#8221; What\u2019s been reported about the president\u2019s prognosis, what this means for the election and national security, and more The revelation that President Donald Trump has tested positive for the coronavirus that causes the disease COVID-19 rattled the world on Friday,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":80669,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[70897],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-80668","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80668","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=80668"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80668\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/80669"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=80668"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=80668"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=80668"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}