Breaking the Sound Barrier
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Weekly Column Thursday, October 8, 2020
** Donald Trump, Superspreader-in-Chief, Endangers White House Staff
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By Amy Goodman and Denis Moynihan
As President Trump exited the golden doors of Walter Reed hospital Monday, a reporter shouted, “How many of your staff are sick? Do you think you might be a superspreader, Mr. President?” Trump ignored him and boarded Marine One to the White House where he marched up to the balcony. He waved, saluted, took off his mask, appearing out of breath, then went inside. Trump’s defiant mask removal threatened the household staff, a majority of whom are older people of color, thus at the greatest risk of serious illness or death from COVID-19. Trump’s callous disregard for these workers and the outbreak at the White House overall is a metaphor for his shameful pandemic response, as he denies science, mocks masks and social distancing, and presides over the planet’s highest, ever-growing national death count.
Trump announced via tweet his and First Lady Melania Trump’s positive COVID-19 test results at around 1 am ET on Friday, October 2nd. The White House Rose Garden event and indoor reception on Saturday, September 26th, where Trump nominated Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court before a crowd of over 200 predominantly unmasked people, likely spread the virus. At least eleven people at the event, including Trump, have since tested positive for the coronavirus. The White House refuses to say when Trump last tested negative, leading many to question whether he was COVID-19 positive during the first presidential debate with Joe Biden.
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