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Towlie

(5,328 posts) Mon Jul 27, 2020, 12:30 PM Jul 2020

Trump and his people "don't need masks because they are tested every day."

Trump's national security adviser (Robert O'Brien) tests positive for Covid-19

As the pandemic has spread, the President has defended not wearing a mask or social distancing, with many of his top officials and White House staffers following suit, saying that it's not necessary because they are tested every day.

Okay, National Security Adviser Robert O'Brien, you were tested and found positive for COVID-19. It should be obvious to you at this point that Trump's reasoning doesn't make any sense, so what are you going to do now?

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Trump and his people "don't need masks because they are tested every day." (Original Post) Towlie Jul 2020 OP

I don't wear condoms because my wife takes a pregnancy test every day..... NightWatcher Jul 2020 #1

That's the best!!! soothsayer Jul 2020 #3

I don't wear a seat-belt because auto fatalities in my town are zero for the year. Beakybird Jul 2020 #6

Testing doesn't prevent catching the virus you dolts! My god they are completely brain dead. chowder66 Jul 2020 #2

No, no, testing _causes_ the virus - that's what Trump said last week! lagomorph777 Jul 2020 #13

It's beyond maddening. chowder66 Jul 2020 #17

Is testing supposed to prevent them from ever getting covid? dubyadiprecession Jul 2020 #4

And if they test positive they are executed by Erik Prince? NameAlreadyTaken Jul 2020 #5

i wonder how long it takes them to get results from a test 0rganism Jul 2020 #7

Who's going to tell them they flopped the IQ test - every day C_U_L8R Jul 2020 #8

Those tests are not all that accurate. leftyladyfrommo Jul 2020 #9

As far as tRUMP is concerned, everyone around him gets tested regularly, so he equates that... WyattKansas Jul 2020 #10

And down goes another victim of Trump logic! Towlie Jul 2020 #11

Obviously, O'Brien shouldn't have been tested. Testing causes COVID, right? lagomorph777 Jul 2020 #12

wish we could get tested as fast as donnie-t and professional sports players RT Atlanta Jul 2020 #14

So is it testing causes cases or prevents them? chriscan64 Jul 2020 #15

Maybe O'Brien was making out with Gohmert. MineralMan Jul 2020 #16

NightWatcher

(39,343 posts)

1. I don't wear condoms because my wife takes a pregnancy test every day.....

Reply to Towlie (Original post)

Mon Jul 27, 2020, 12:32 PM

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soothsayer

(38,601 posts)

3. That's the best!!!

Reply to NightWatcher (Reply #1)

Mon Jul 27, 2020, 12:36 PM

Jul 2020

I’m gonna borrow that!

Beakybird

(3,333 posts)

6. I don't wear a seat-belt because auto fatalities in my town are zero for the year.

Reply to NightWatcher (Reply #1)

Mon Jul 27, 2020, 12:39 PM

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chowder66

(9,084 posts)

2. Testing doesn't prevent catching the virus you dolts! My god they are completely brain dead.

Reply to Towlie (Original post)

Mon Jul 27, 2020, 12:34 PM

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lagomorph777

(30,613 posts)

13. No, no, testing _causes_ the virus - that's what Trump said last week!

Reply to chowder66 (Reply #2)

Wed Jul 29, 2020, 02:03 PM

Jul 2020

Or something. I can't follow the word salad anymore.

chowder66

(9,084 posts)

17. It's beyond maddening.

Reply to lagomorph777 (Reply #13)

Wed Jul 29, 2020, 02:10 PM

Jul 2020

dubyadiprecession

(5,722 posts)

4. Is testing supposed to prevent them from ever getting covid?

Reply to Towlie (Original post)

Mon Jul 27, 2020, 12:36 PM

Jul 2020

At least they can say, “we worked until we dropped”.

NameAlreadyTaken

(982 posts)

5. And if they test positive they are executed by Erik Prince?

Reply to Towlie (Original post)

Mon Jul 27, 2020, 12:37 PM

Jul 2020

0rganism

(23,971 posts)

7. i wonder how long it takes them to get results from a test

Reply to Towlie (Original post)

Mon Jul 27, 2020, 12:41 PM

Jul 2020

cos you're supposed to quarantine between taking the test and getting the result, so the test result can be valid

if they're tested every day, they'll be getting results every day, but how long is the lag between a specific test and its result? if it's 24 hours or more, every single one of those idiots needs to be in perpetual quarantine.

C_U_L8R

(45,021 posts)

8. Who's going to tell them they flopped the IQ test - every day

Reply to Towlie (Original post)

Mon Jul 27, 2020, 12:45 PM

Jul 2020

What idiots

leftyladyfrommo

(18,874 posts)

9. Those tests are not all that accurate.

Reply to Towlie (Original post)

Mon Jul 27, 2020, 01:00 PM

Jul 2020

I have seen lots of cases where tests were negative but the people were positive and symptomatic.

I tink I saw a failure rate of 30%.

WyattKansas

(1,648 posts)

10. As far as tRUMP is concerned, everyone around him gets tested regularly, so he equates that...

Reply to Towlie (Original post)

Mon Jul 27, 2020, 01:51 PM

Jul 2020

With testing all of America to protect it and keep it safe, because he thinks that only he is America. No wonder he thinks he has done an outstanding job. Nothing and nobody else matters, because everything is about him only. Oh, and he also thinks forcing Americans to work and go to school during an out of control pandemic will keep the stock market propped up for him... See again, it is only about him, not the United States of America and it's People.

Towlie

(5,328 posts)

11. And down goes another victim of Trump logic!

Reply to Towlie (Original post)

Wed Jul 29, 2020, 02:01 PM

Jul 2020

https://www.politico.com/news/2020/07/29/louis-gohmert-who-refused-to-wear-a-mask-tests-positive-for-coronavirus-386076

Rep. Louie Gohmert — a Texas Republican who has been walking around the Capitol without a mask — has tested positive for the coronavirus, according to multiple sources.

Gohmert was scheduled to fly to Texas on Wednesday morning with President Donald Trump and tested positive in a pre-screen at the White House. The eighth-term Republican told CNN last month that he was not wearing a mask because he was being tested regularly for the coronavirus.