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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWH: Temperature checks being performed on anyone near Trump or Pence
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Geoff Bennett ✔@GeoffRBennett
NEWS: Out of an abundance of caution, temperature checks are now being performed on any individuals who are in close contact with the President and Vice President, says White House deputy press secretary Judd Deere.
11:41 AM - Mar 14, 2020
Before or after meeting with them??
Confirmation:
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AprilDRyan ✔@AprilDRyan
Breaking: Just before the noon @VP coronavirus presser the White House physicians office is taking the temperature of everyone in the briefing room with a no contact thermometer!
11:53 AM - Mar 14, 2020
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WH: Temperature checks being performed on anyone near Trump or Pence (Original Post)
Dennis Donovan
Mar 2020
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But not on people arriving in airports from hot spots, nor on people entering airplanes.
Squinch
Mar 2020
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33taw
(3,366 posts)1. Why? Isn't it all a hoax?
Squinch
(60,067 posts)2. But not on people arriving in airports from hot spots, nor on people entering airplanes.
tblue37
(68,449 posts)3. But HE has been exposed twice & potentially exposed several times. Yet he continues
touching and shaking hands with others. HE is the one posing a danger to those around him.
spanone
(142,054 posts)4. But....'I'm not concerned'
zonemaster
(252 posts)5. ...but not on Trump or Pence, themselves.
Well, maybe that's not such a bad idea, after all...
DemoTex
(26,446 posts)6. Rectal thermometers, I hope. BIG rectal thermometers.
BOHICA!

Bayard
(30,271 posts)7. Too late!!
With our luck, he's probably just a carrier. People testing positive at Mar-a-lago.....think he'll be golfing there anytime soon?
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