Ben Carson is the latest Trump official to test positive for coronavirus

[Botany]

Source: CNN

(CNN)Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson tested positive for coronavirus Monday morning, his deputy chief of staff Coalter Baker confirmed to CNN.

Carson attended the election night party where White House chief of staff Mark Meadows and nearly every other attendee was not wearing a mask. Meadows and four others in Trump's orbit subsequently tested positive last week.

Carson was also spotted maskless at a Trump campaign rally in Waterford Township, Michigan on October 30.

Carson's diagnosis was first reported by ABC News.

Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2020/11/09/politics/ben-carson-coronavirus/index.html

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"Carson was also spotted maskless at a Trump campaign rally in Waterford Township, Michigan on October 30."

[lapfog_1]

1. Herman Cain is tweeting about this...

[machoneman]

2. Wow, Herman must have a 9G phone to tweet from the grave! Also one hell of a cell phone battery

[lapfog_1]

6. he tweets from the great beyond...

he is telling Dr. Ben... you've done enough... time to join me.

[Collimator]

3. Carson is a doctor, right?

But somehow he missed that large swath of medical training that explains disease transmission.

Also, given his personality/demeanor/level of physicality, how would one suspect that he had ever "come down" with a disease? He's already "down" to the point that he looks like he barely registers a pulse.

And what was he doing at a party? What does that even look like? Pence's personality is a frat party compared to Carson's.

[demmiblue]

7. And he is a member of the coronavirus task force. n/t

[uncle ray]

14. Hey, it's not like he's a brain surgeon!

Oh, wait... he is.

[electric_blue68]

25. Bwah!

[electric_blue68]

26. Bwah!

[BlueStater]

4. The brain surgeon with no brain.

Really, Ben?

[maddogesq]

9. Dr. Nitris rarely says anything that resembles...

technical knowledge related to his current gig, or for that matter, common sense.

[barbtries]

16. i figure he's some kind of savant

because he was so accomplished at neurosurgery and he's so fucking stupid otherwise.

[C_U_L8R]

5. It seems if the Trumps won't leave...

They’ll eventually just kill each other off.

[wnylib]

19. Works for me.

[ret5hd]

8. If he went into coma, how long till anyone notices?

Just askin'.

[Paladin]

10. Heal thyself, motherfucker. (nt)

[Illumination]

11. They say ignorance is bliss...They're like the fly on Pence's head attracted to a C-19 killer/bug

zapper!...Like moths to lights with wet wings...

[TeamPooka]

12. Say Hi to Herman Cain for us Ben.

[BamaRefugee]

13. "Physician, heal thyself."

[RussBLib]

15. you risk your life in fealty to Trump

how fucked-up is that?

[OriginalGeek]

17. Hey Ben, before you go

Betsy DeVos wants a hug

[riversedge]

18. NASTY NASTY.

[cannabis_flower]

20. Well, I haven't heard...

Whether he’s really sick or just infected and only a little sick. I wish him well because he’ll be looking for another job soon. And I’m glad he’ll be looking for a job. By all accounts he was a better brain surgeon than housing secretary so maybe he’ll go back to that.

[Larissa]

21. White House Red Zone Rocks

Carson is now an official member of the White House Herd Immunity Club.

[LudwigPastorius]

22. Shoulda worn a mask, you dumbass.

It's not brain surgery.

[Larissa]

23. BBC: Trump Post Election Advisor, Bossie, "Positive for Covid."

https://www.bbc.com/news/election-us-2020-54881719

"Dozens of people with connections to the White House have now tested positive for coronavirus."

[Larissa]

24. Is Florida the test case for Covid-19 herd immunity?

Can Florida return to life as normal without containing the spread of the novel coronavirus?

The answer from Gov. Ron DeSantis is an emphatic yes. And, whether Floridians know it or not, he is pursuing a policy that will allow the virus to spread freely in the state until most of the population becomes infected — or is vaccinated with a yet-to-be obtained vaccine — while attempting to protect those thought to be most vulnerable.

Read more here: https://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics-government/state-politics/article246877562.html#storylink=cpy