Australian Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton who had recently met with top Trump administration officials announced on Friday that he had admitted himself to the hospital for COVID-19 that day.
Apart from the amusement of seeing Kellyanne āDonāt you think itās containedā Conway in there with Dutton the other thing that is of note is Dutton and Barr together full stop. If you want to see two truly malicious minds together you could not do better than that pair. Dutton frankly makes Stephen Miller seem kind and compassionate and I am not even remotely joking about that comment.
The jokes about Dutton getting the virus today included: āThis is almost a case where Iād be tempted to say OMG coronavirus has Peter Dutton.ā and āCoronavirus will be seeking political asylum from Peter Dutton before the night is out.ā
Well she did say to a reporter last week who asked her if she thought that the virus was contained āDonāt you think itās contained?ā First thing I thought of when I saw her in the photo when the news broke here about 7 hours ago.
That we know of. Mulvaney might have been, others might have been lightly impacted and we are just not aware of it. Iād hardly put it past them to lie and keep someone actively spreading it to keep their argument about ānothing to see hereā going.
It is true that a not insignificant number of Australian cases come from America. We were joking yesterday that if Trump blocks Europeans entering the US we should block Americans (and people returning from the US) from entering Australia.