Former Vice President Joe Biden tested negative for COVID-19 on Friday, a moment of relief for those panicked that he’d been infected by President Donald Trump at Tuesday’s debate.
Trump creating aerosols is a pretty gross image
This had better be right.
I need to brush my dog, but I’m afraid to take my eyes off the Internet. What will happen in the next hour?
Not only is it a large room, but any sane planner would ask about the ventilation in it. That’s now a pretty big factor in indoor safety.
Stay healthy, Joe, stay healthy!
If you like conspiracy theories, how about Trump was infected intentionally so he could spew it at Biden during the debate.
Pence isn’t that smart
At least Joe’s team must have sane planners
You’d think. The quarterback is 77.
Especially since I hear that he wears masks bigger than you’ve ever seen
God he’s just such an idiot.
You’ll relax and brush your dog. 
Seriously. Don’t worry about Joe.
In this situation, probably maybe doesn’t cut it. Only a reliable test, corroborated by another test, can give us certainty.
I think there are a few soundbites from the debate that should be put together
His brag about no problems at rally’s
The making fun of Joe for his mask.
There is no real possibility of delaying the election. That would require legislation—the House, the Senate, and the president agreeing quickly on new dates—which is politically unlikely, and would be legally awkward when voting has already started. Instead of postponing or redoing the election, the system relies instead on replacing candidates. The rules for doing so are clear, but what will happen under those rules is anything but.
Both parties provide in their rules for replacing a candidate. Even at this late date, if a candidate died or became so sick that he or she withdrew, the party leadership would confer and select a replacement. The process by which they would do this is not set, and is entirely up to them. The “leadership” in this case are the members of the Republican National Committee (168 in number) and Democratic National Committee (numbering more than 400). (The RNC allows for the possibility of reconvening its national convention, but doing so this late seems unlikely.
I semi-enjoy Pophat’s frequent reminders that Trump is highly insulated from many legal risks because it would be so impossibly hard to prove that he was able to form the requisite intent or comprehend the subject matter in order to have various sorts of legal exposure.
True, but in the meantime, the probably and the sound reasoning behind it is still good to hear.
Oh, I’m sure that’s true. On many things where you wouldn’t expect any particular personal investment from him he garbles what little information he retains and arrives at ridiculous conclusions. It’s not lying or spin, it’s just befuddlement.
People are pretty sure now the main cause of all the new cases was the unveiling of Amy Barrett as Trump’s SCOTUS nominee last Saturday.
So in other words, none of this would have happened if the GOP decided to respect RBG’s dying wish to not fill the seat until after the election!
“Look – I like Presidential nominees who DON’T get COVID, OK?”