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brooklynite

(96,882 posts) Fri Oct 2, 2020, 11:01 PM Oct 2020

Laurie Garrett: Almost everyone infected with COVID at Barrett event...

Last edited Sat Oct 3, 2020, 12:27 AM - Edit history (1)

...was seated in the first three rows near the center.

Narrows down the list of potential super-readers.

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Laurie Garrett: Almost everyone infected with COVID at Barrett event... (Original Post) brooklynite Oct 2020 OP

Not really. DURHAM D Oct 2020 #1

Thx...this makes more sense, than the outdoor event LeftInTX Oct 2020 #12

Nah Rstrstx Oct 2020 #2

DU rarely gets a true "LoL" out of me. Well done! Grown2Hate Oct 2020 #11

Which includes the evil Bill Barr! ElementaryPenguin Oct 2020 #3

I'm deeply skeptical the worst of the spreading took place outside. herding cats Oct 2020 #4

How do I know you don't already just Rule of Claw Oct 2020 #5

Because, I adore my chucks and my kitty socks. herding cats Oct 2020 #6

Could Barrett be another Typhoid Mary? dlk Oct 2020 #7

I think it is her kids. Asymptomatic mercuryblues Oct 2020 #8

I hope her children don't become ill dlk Oct 2020 #9

Barrett's children were there... Lucinda Oct 2020 #10

K&R 2naSalit Oct 2020 #13

DURHAM D

(33,092 posts)

1. Not really.

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Fri Oct 2, 2020, 11:03 PM

Oct 2020

All 150 guests went into the WH for a crowded reception. They were asked not to wear masks inside.

LeftInTX

(34,853 posts)

12. Thx...this makes more sense, than the outdoor event

Reply to DURHAM D (Reply #1)

Sat Oct 3, 2020, 12:08 AM

Oct 2020

Rstrstx

(1,650 posts)

2. Nah

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Fri Oct 2, 2020, 11:04 PM

Oct 2020

I’d be surprised if any of them did all that much reading

Grown2Hate

(2,218 posts)

11. DU rarely gets a true "LoL" out of me. Well done!

Reply to Rstrstx (Reply #2)

Sat Oct 3, 2020, 12:01 AM

Oct 2020

ElementaryPenguin

(7,911 posts)

3. Which includes the evil Bill Barr!

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Fri Oct 2, 2020, 11:05 PM

Oct 2020

herding cats

(20,056 posts)

4. I'm deeply skeptical the worst of the spreading took place outside.

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Fri Oct 2, 2020, 11:08 PM

Oct 2020

I'd bet my socks it was at the following indoor reception of which there's no video. The outside event just showed the hierarchy of the guests via their seating. Which most definitely carried on into their private shindig.

The final case load and contact tracing will be interesting.

Rule of Claw

(500 posts)

5. How do I know you don't already just

Reply to herding cats (Reply #4)

Fri Oct 2, 2020, 11:10 PM

Oct 2020

wear sandals?

herding cats

(20,056 posts)

6. Because, I adore my chucks and my kitty socks.

Reply to Rule of Claw (Reply #5)

Fri Oct 2, 2020, 11:13 PM

Oct 2020

They're my signature style. 😎

dlk

(13,343 posts)

7. Could Barrett be another Typhoid Mary?

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Fri Oct 2, 2020, 11:19 PM

Oct 2020

mercuryblues

(16,515 posts)

8. I think it is her kids. Asymptomatic

Reply to dlk (Reply #7)

Fri Oct 2, 2020, 11:21 PM

Oct 2020

dlk

(13,343 posts)

9. I hope her children don't become ill

Reply to mercuryblues (Reply #8)

Fri Oct 2, 2020, 11:24 PM

Oct 2020

It was very poor judgment to bring them without masks.

Lucinda

(31,170 posts)

10. Barrett's children were there...

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Fri Oct 2, 2020, 11:24 PM

Oct 2020

2naSalit

(103,817 posts)

13. K&R

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Sat Oct 3, 2020, 12:25 AM

Oct 2020

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