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Botany

(70,582 posts)
Thu Jun 18, 2020, 02:45 PM Jun 2020

Arizona sheriff tests positive for coronavirus ahead of meeting with Trump

Last edited Thu Jun 18, 2020, 09:02 PM - Edit history (4)

Source: The Hill

An Arizona sheriff who in May said that he wouldn't enforce a stay-at-home order imposed due to the coronavirus pandemic has tested positive for COVID-19.

Mark Lamb, the sheriff of Pinal County, Ariz., revealed in a statement shared on Facebook on Wednesday that he received a positive test result after getting an invitation to meet with President Trump at the White House. Lamb was one of several officials invited to attend a White House meeting on law enforcement and the signing of Trump's executive action on policing.

Lamb said that he received a mandatory screening from the White House and that the test came back positive.

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White House spokesman Judd Deere told The Hill that Lamb never interacted with the president before testing positive and that he was immediately escorted off the complex after a second test confirmed he had contracted the virus.


Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/503343-arizona-sheriff-tests-positive-for-coronavirus-ahead-of-meeting-with



Funny thing in the picture @ this link somebody who looks just like Sheriff Lamb is right behind Trump

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Arizona sheriff tests positive for coronavirus ahead of meeting with Trump (Original Post) Botany Jun 2020 OP
How did he get to the White House? SeattleVet Jun 2020 #1
Per The Hill... SharonClark Jun 2020 #21
Why does this make me happy? Schadenfreude. sop Jun 2020 #2
It just makes me suspicious Cirque du So-What Jun 2020 #3
I thought the general consensus was Satan doesn't get sick. sop Jun 2020 #5
The Sheriff was tested before meeting trump EleanorR Jun 2020 #9
must be using that quick turnaround test that is only @50% accurate? rurallib Jun 2020 #15
I wonder what test they've used these past 3 years to test all visitors for the regular flu EleanorR Jun 2020 #17
And how many of these apparent rapid results tests are available to us??? nt dixiegrrrrl Jun 2020 #32
Well, he is a God fearing man. Botany Jun 2020 #4
"God fearing ..." left-of-center2012 Jun 2020 #6
2 words. Fox News. Botany Jun 2020 #7
Why do they fear God? IronLionZion Jun 2020 #20
I never understood that term. Mr.Bill Jun 2020 #24
Simple: It's a universal, low-cost way of controlling masses of people. KY_EnviroGuy Jun 2020 #35
Yup, God wants you to donate tons of money to the megachurch IronLionZion Jun 2020 #36
He was the Sheriff at one of the jails Mr.Bill Jun 2020 #23
I never trust leaders or authority figures who think they are animals or fictional characters. Crowman2009 Jun 2020 #25
Please, oh please lonely bird Jun 2020 #8
+100,000,000 SergeStorms Jun 2020 #28
I'm Sure He'll Be Fine sfstaxprep Jun 2020 #10
Um . . . moreland01 Jun 2020 #11
Go to this link and scroll down / no mask and with in 2 to 3' behind and above Trump Botany Jun 2020 #13
But the sheriff was not there... SharonClark Jun 2020 #22
Looks like him to me. n/t Mr.Bill Jun 2020 #26
Spreading it far and wide because he doesn't procon Jun 2020 #12
Can he wear his badge and gun to the hospital? KY_EnviroGuy Jun 2020 #14
Is that accurate? intrepidity Jun 2020 #18
It's possible although on the low end. KY_EnviroGuy Jun 2020 #29
Thanks. I thought 0.1 microns was probably more likely intrepidity Jun 2020 #34
I'm not happy when anyone gets it. They can spread it to others. LisaM Jun 2020 #16
Well said. Hope your bout with shingles subsides soon. nt iluvtennis Jun 2020 #19
You and me both! Thank you. LisaM Jun 2020 #30
Why is Trump having people tested at all? SergeStorms Jun 2020 #27
So he was tested and went to the meeting, later learning results? milestogo Jun 2020 #31
K&R JudyM Jun 2020 #33

SharonClark

(10,014 posts)
21. Per The Hill...
Thu Jun 18, 2020, 04:26 PM
Jun 2020

White House spokesman Judd Deere told The Hill that Lamb never interacted with the president before testing positive and that he was immediately escorted off the complex after a second test confirmed he had contracted the virus.

Cirque du So-What

(25,984 posts)
3. It just makes me suspicious
Thu Jun 18, 2020, 02:51 PM
Jun 2020

How does Orange Foolius keep dodging the virus? Does he have access to something that is unavailable to the general public? Remember, we’re talking about Bunker Boi here.

EleanorR

(2,395 posts)
9. The Sheriff was tested before meeting trump
Thu Jun 18, 2020, 03:03 PM
Jun 2020

He avoids getting the virus because everyone is tested before meeting with him.

rurallib

(62,448 posts)
15. must be using that quick turnaround test that is only @50% accurate?
Thu Jun 18, 2020, 03:34 PM
Jun 2020

he is bound to get nailed at some point.

EleanorR

(2,395 posts)
17. I wonder what test they've used these past 3 years to test all visitors for the regular flu
Thu Jun 18, 2020, 04:00 PM
Jun 2020

I mean their contention is Covid is the same as the flu and no big deal. So surely the precautions they’re using now to protect trump are no different from those in place for the regular flu, right?

left-of-center2012

(34,195 posts)
6. "God fearing ..."
Thu Jun 18, 2020, 02:59 PM
Jun 2020

Why do 'God fearing' folk love Trump,
who cheats on his wives with hookers and porn stars?

Botany

(70,582 posts)
7. 2 words. Fox News.
Thu Jun 18, 2020, 03:02 PM
Jun 2020

Ever since Reagan killed the fairness doctrine we have had people bathed in
misinformation for 2.5 generations.

IronLionZion

(45,530 posts)
20. Why do they fear God?
Thu Jun 18, 2020, 04:21 PM
Jun 2020

Did they do some bad things and feel guilty? Are they worried they'll receive some old testament smiting and wrath?

Mr.Bill

(24,323 posts)
24. I never understood that term.
Thu Jun 18, 2020, 04:55 PM
Jun 2020

I'm an Atheist, but if I believed in a god, I would think we would be very good friends.

KY_EnviroGuy

(14,494 posts)
35. Simple: It's a universal, low-cost way of controlling masses of people.
Fri Jun 19, 2020, 09:37 AM
Jun 2020

Process:

* Preachers and congregants tell all the flock from childhood that god is both a.) to be mortally feared and b.) is a loving, forgiving god.

* Because they all fear god, that allows the preachers and senior congregants to declare anything they damn well please as against god's will. All those potential "sins" vary from year to year and are different at different churches. In my days in the 50s/60s, it was a sin to work on Sunday or drink any alcohol at all or even think about sex. Nowadays, they've added politics and the Prosperity Gospel to the mix, all of which would have been sinful in my day.

* The same process allows them to declare what god's will is for the congregants and what god wants them to do or not do.

* Notice it's always a win/win for them as they can freely use god as an excuse to be for or against anything.

So, it's simply a universal way for a select few adults to totally control all those who go to church AND to blast and demonize anyone who does not. Otherwise, they would be powerless on any issue outside of local, state and federal laws.

KY rant done....

IronLionZion

(45,530 posts)
36. Yup, God wants you to donate tons of money to the megachurch
Fri Jun 19, 2020, 11:31 AM
Jun 2020

so the pastor's family can get a second or third private jet. Otherwise you'll get a lot of pain and punishment.

Crowman2009

(2,499 posts)
25. I never trust leaders or authority figures who think they are animals or fictional characters.
Thu Jun 18, 2020, 04:59 PM
Jun 2020

Which reflects their maturity level, and proves they are unfit for such responsibility.

lonely bird

(1,689 posts)
8. Please, oh please
Thu Jun 18, 2020, 03:03 PM
Jun 2020

Sheriff, go tongue kiss Trump!

As for patriotic and god-fearing? One has nothing to do with the other. Just come out and say “as a right-wing bigot...”

sfstaxprep

(9,998 posts)
10. I'm Sure He'll Be Fine
Thu Jun 18, 2020, 03:03 PM
Jun 2020

If this were a just world, he would not be. I'm sure he'll have the best care the taxpayers can provide.

moreland01

(742 posts)
11. Um . . .
Thu Jun 18, 2020, 03:11 PM
Jun 2020

"It is unclear if Lamb wore a mask or followed social distancing protocols at the event where he believes he contracted the virus."

LOL. I can guarantee you he neither wore a mask nor followed social distancing protocols. LOL

This is just what we're hoping for. All the stupid trumpers get together and have a giant lick fest. Cull that species. They're not smart or evolved enough to survive and they should not be reproducing.

procon

(15,805 posts)
12. Spreading it far and wide because he doesn't
Thu Jun 18, 2020, 03:11 PM
Jun 2020

give a damn about anyone else. What if it was Ebola, would this dummy say he supported Ebola spreading on account trying the contain it would be unconstitutional something!

Does he also think seatbelt laws and helmet laws are unconstitutional? Speed limit laws, underage drinking, those are OK, right!

What about laws that make sure restaurants are clean and sanitary to guard against eating unsafe food, good or bad as a Constitutional challenge?

The level of stupidity is at Olympic levels.

KY_EnviroGuy

(14,494 posts)
14. Can he wear his badge and gun to the hospital?
Thu Jun 18, 2020, 03:17 PM
Jun 2020

Last edited Thu Jun 18, 2020, 05:25 PM - Edit history (1)

I found it strange he has not mentioned this issue on his Twitter page......

Macho man gun totin' sheriff brought down by a 0.10 micron virus bug........

KY_EnviroGuy

(14,494 posts)
29. It's possible although on the low end.
Thu Jun 18, 2020, 05:25 PM
Jun 2020

Actual measurements by the Chinese say approximately 50-200 nanometers, or 0.05 to 0.20 microns, so 1/10 micron may be a good average. I've seen various reports on the range but have not seen numbers on particle size distribution.

Those numbers are from: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)30211-7/fulltext

in the section "Discussion".

Keep in mind this is the approximate diameter of the particle itself, not the droplet or aerosols most often discussed relating to airborne spread of this disease. Although virus particles can theoretically be floating in air, that is far less probable than aerosols because particles tend to agglomerate and also tend to attach to water vapor.

Thanks, I'll correct the post to be a bit more accurate........

LisaM

(27,830 posts)
16. I'm not happy when anyone gets it. They can spread it to others.
Thu Jun 18, 2020, 03:36 PM
Jun 2020

That said, I wish when these naysayers do get it that they'd have a "come to Jesus" moment, and start advising others to take precautions. That part pisses me off.

I put off getting the shingles vaccine because I just wasn't worried about it, all the downtown drugstores were closing and it wasn't convenient, blah blah blah. Guess what? Now I'm suffering through a nasty case of shingles, week six. And I'm telling everyone I know to get the shingles shot, and not make the mistake I did.

I don't see why these idiots can't wake up the same way.

SergeStorms

(19,204 posts)
27. Why is Trump having people tested at all?
Thu Jun 18, 2020, 05:07 PM
Jun 2020

It's just going to raise the numbers of infected in the U.S. Supposedly he doesn't care whether people contract the disease or not. Why doesn't Trump put his money where his mouth is?

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