Finally trump's doctor comes out and says trump tested negative. Why couldn't he say that in the

[still_one]

first place?


https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/520680-trump-tests-negative-for-covid-19-on-consecutive-days-doctor-says

[Nevilledog]

1. Took them that long to convince Conley to lie?

[still_one]

3. I don't think he is lying, I think he is a piss poor communicator

[Nevilledog]

4. How come his signature didn't show up on the last few memos? It was there for the early ones.

I just don't trust anything they say.

[still_one]

7. I just read the headline essentially. Frankly I don't care what happens to that piece of garbage in

the WH, but there is no doubt Conley doesn’t have a lot of credibility

[JenniferJuniper]

2. I don't believe anything those freaks claim.

[Iliyah]

5. They are liars . ...

I have no confidence regarding Dr. Conley.

"First do no harm"

[Greybnk48]

6. That's out of step with every Covid patient's timeline

I’ve seen. They’re lying.

[still_one]

8. Since they didn't tell us when he last tested negative before he tested positive, it implies he was

infecting people before he started showing symptoms

[soothsayer]

9. It's from the crappy Abbott quick test with all the false readings

They probably tested him over and over until it threw a negative.

Let’s see a gold standard test please.

[Ms. Toad]

25. It's in there -

He's still positive - just below the viral load and PCR cycle thresholds.

That's what the later part of the paragraph tells me.

[unitedwethrive]

26. Exactly what probably happened!

I was just going to post the same thing.

[EleanorR]

10. Not a PCR test

Link to tweet

[still_one]

11. It is a PCR test, it is the antigen test by Abbott I believe

[EleanorR]

14. Those are two different tests

Antigen tests are prone to false negatives.

[still_one]

17. The Polymerase chain reaction(PCR) test is extremely accurate

[EleanorR]

20. Yes but he had the antigen test

Not the PCR.

[AlexSFCA]

23. I wonder if he tested Abbott until he got 'false' negative

and that’s the one being reported.

[still_one]

28. lol

[Ms. Toad]

27. Read near the end -

that gibberish about viral load, PCR cycle, etc. means he is still positive on real tests. They just believe he is not positive enough to infect people.

[still_one]

29. That is exactly right Ms. and they won't tell us how many cycles it took

[ananda]

35. Guess who owns and distributes this test?

And guess how long it’s been on the market?

[crickets]

12. Without no credibility to speak of, does it really matter what he says?

Best reply: "Show us the long form test."

[still_one]

13. +++

[Ahpook]

33. That's my thought

The whole gaggle of assholes are proven liars. We shouldn't let them keep us confused and demoralized.

Treat all of them like the walking plague they are and vote their sorry asses out next month. The rest will go back under their rock.

Fuck em!

[if..fish..had..wings]

15. Uhhh

"... I can share with you that he has tested NEGATIVE, on consecutive days, using the Abbot BinaxNOW antigen card."

When were these consecutive tests done? You don't say that they have anything to do with the President's current condition.

"It is important to note that this test was not used in isolation for the determination of the President's current negative status."

This test cannot refer to the consecutive tests and must refer to the Abbot BinaxNOW test itself.

"Repeatedly negative antigen tests, taken in context with additional clinical and laboratory data, including viral load, subgenomic RNA, and PCR cycle threshold measurements, as well as ongoing assessment of viral culture data, all indicate a lack of detectable viral replication."

Yes, they do. But is this the situation for the President? Or just, again, in general were this the case these would all indicate a lack.

I'm not quite sure that this is very convincing. How about "The President tested negative MULTIPLE times in the LAST FEW DAYS"?

[Ms. Toad]

30. Because he didn't.

He ONLY tested negative on the antigen tests. He still tests positive on the PCR test. He is still carrying a viral load. They are just below imaginary thresholds his keepers like to say will keep the rest of us safe.

[Demsrule86]

16. I don't believe anything out of this white house.

[imanamerican63]

18. Cuz he is negative all the time?

Everything he(Trump) says is negatively false!

[Rorey]

19. WHICH consecutive days?

Those consecutive days could have been in September for all we know. Conley has already lost all credibility, so I wouldn't have much confidence in what he says.

That being said, I really don't care if OrangeAss tested negative or even if he's supposedly immune. He's still endangering MANY, MANY people by his failure to lead.

[uponit7771]

22. Right ?! Red Don et al are military spec word smiths, every word they speak is forked

[Rorey]

34. My daughter tried to pull that crap when she was a teenager

I became a very good lie detector.

[uponit7771]

21. They used the horrible Abbott test

[Ms. Toad]

24. That antigen test worked so well ahead of the Rose Garden superspreader event

They are trotting it out to see if it can be used to create more superspreader events.

The rest of the gibberish at the end of the announcement confirms that he is still positive on the PCR test, but they are hiding it in obfuscating language.

[still_one]

31. Actually there are reports that he wasn't tested everyday, so he might not have even been tested

The question to be asked, show us his chart, which they won’t do

[cwydro]

32. I don't believe a word that doctor says.

Nor anyone near the buffoon.

[GeorgeGist]

36. The Abbott antigen test has a false negative rate of 25-30%.

Given Trump's ignorance of how science works, he probably ordered Dr. Conley to have the test repeated until negative.

Rinse, repeat on day 2.

Voila he's clear of virus.

[BainsBane]

37. If he is still on any treatment

the test is meaningless because the drugs suppress the virus.

[Hugin]

38. I will not now nor will I ever believe a word issued from this worthless puppet.

Everything about Trump needs to be cleared with a truly non-partisan and independent source.

On paper.

In triplicate.

Signed in Trump's blood.