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Sen. Rand Paul Has Tested Positive for the Coronavirus

by Willson50 on 3/22/20, 7:20 PM with 7 comments

• by jrs235 on 3/22/20, 8:39 PM

  Yesterday Pence said:. "Don't get a test if you don't have symptoms." Two minutes later: "My wife and I will be taking the test this afternoon." He appears to not have symptoms. If he thought he has it or might have symptoms he shouldn't be standing at the podium 2 feet from the President. Do as they say not as they do apparently...

  Add: four feet good, two feet better

• by chupa-chups on 3/22/20, 7:41 PM

  This is another demonstration of how (some) elected politicians are unable to grasp reality.

  Imagine the person at your workplace, who is liked by most people. Is that the person which is most capable of deciding what should happen to steer the community as a whole?

  Most probably not.

  https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22657717

• by jmull on 3/22/20, 7:35 PM

  It’s worth noting that if he was a normal citizen there’s no way he’d have been tested.

  We’ve got a LOT of people wandering around with covid-19 who have no idea.

  NY’s recent numbers are eye-popping, but it’s quite likely it’s because they are testing a lot more than anyone else in the US, not because other places don’t have the same level of cases.

• by Mathnerd314 on 3/22/20, 7:32 PM

  It could be a false positive, since he says he's feeling fine. Or it could not be. No way to know without more meaningless tests.