President Joe Biden has tested positive for Covid-19

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Source: CNN

President Joe Biden has tested positive for Covid-19, according to the president and CEO of UnidosUS Janet Murguía.

Biden was expected to speak at the group’s conference in Las Vegas Wednesday night.

Read more: https://edition.cnn.com/2024/07/17/politics/joe-biden-tests-positive-covid-19/index.html

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[BootinUp]

1. Joe. Get well Sir.

[Dulcinea]

34. Best wishes for a full & speedy recovery.

We need you, Mr. President.

[SamKnause]

2. Fuck, just fuck.

What the fuck else can happen ???

[MOMFUDSKI]

4. Locusts

We wait.

[NCDem47]

13. Well, the four horsemen of the apocalypse seem to be walking around on earth.

And Trump is one of them.

[jaxexpat]

46. Sorry, that's impossible. There is no horse, not even a mythical one, that will carry that blow-hard's oversized ass.

It is a known fact that one simply cannot train a horse to remain calm in the vicinity of whatever is living on Trump's head. Horses are naturally fearful of the un-natural. (Thoroughbreds are just super-picky about who rides them.)

[NCDem47]

50. Bwahaha!!!

[slightlv]

19. and rains of toads, after that?

I've never seen a party so set upon by events, both external and internal... of their own making and out of their control. Damn, it's like the Universe is plotting against us. But I won't believe that. We HAVE to win this fight in November. We have to birth the New America... no R's required, thank you very much. I'd like to see them all deported to Russia and Hungary after the Nov election.

[angrychair]

10. Never ask that question

The Fates are happy to answer.

[Skittles]

45. PLENTY

yup

[bluestarone]

3. Best of Luck Joe!

[sunnybrook]

5. Just saw that he did attend

And gave a speech yesterday. No news source is reporting this

[oldsoftie]

9. NBC is reporting it

[Rebl2]

36. Wonder

if he gave Covid to Lester Holt?

[riversedge]

16. ABC news is live Reporting it--also says that Biden said he "feels good"

[Bengus81]

42. Betting he's had all the boosters. He'll feel crappy for a day or two with a sore throat and that will be it....

That's exactly why no one should listen to a jack ass like RFK Jr.

[mahina]

6. Good luck Joe

[TBF]

7. Paxlovid, Cough Syrup, and Inhaler -

get well soon!

[wnylib]

8. Get well, Joe. We love you.

[littlemissmartypants]

11. Take care of yourself Mr. President! We love you! ❤️

[DemocraticPatriot]

12. Get well Joe! I CAN'T TAKE MUCH MORE of all this madness

[barbtries]

14. it's on the rise.

I hope they'll let him rest a couple days.

My old boss and her husband have it for the 3rd time and they're both in their 70s. She's a brilliant PhD but refuses the vaccinations, doesn't mask (she told me to though), and won't even use a pulse oximeter because she's Indian and says they only work on white people. She won't call the doctor or get anywhere near paxlovid.

I haven't had it yet to my knowledge. I've had every shot they'd give me and mask in public regularly, never stopped. I told her today, "Your way is not working!"

I hope they will all recover quickly and fully.

[Skittles]

20. LOL

that "brilliant PHD" sounds like an utter fucking MORON

[barbtries]

21. right?

she's not MAGA or anything, she's a scientist. honestly I don't get it.

[LymphocyteLover]

28. It's actually a real concern, that dark skin doesn't work accurately for the devices

https://hms.harvard.edu/news/skin-tone-pulse-oximetry

[Skittles]

35. OK

but she doesn't believe in vaccines or masking so she's just a regular fucking idiot

just imagine how many people she has passed covid onto - fucking disgusting

[LymphocyteLover]

40. yes, agree

[LymphocyteLover]

26. OMG, so disturbing to see "smart" people act so dumb!

[Alice Kramden]

15. Healing wishes and good vibes

For President Joe Biden, the best president in my lifetime

[PuraVidaDreamin]

17. Ruth Ann Crystal MD is my weekly go to source for C19 updates

https://drruth.substack.com/p/covid-news-and-more-71324

We are officially in a COVID wave right now. The CDC reports that wastewater levels of SARS-CoV-2 are HIGH on a national level. COVID test positivity is increasing, as are emergency department visits for COVID infections. Hospitalization data is not being reported by most states. The CDC is only updating variant proportions every two weeks- last time it was reported was on July 6,2024. KP.3 and its descendent KP.3.1.1 are pushing out other variants on the mainland United States, as it has done in other countries and in Hawaii

In his July 12 update, JP Weiland reports that across the US 1 in every 54 people currently infected with COVID. Regionally, he reports that the ratio of people currently infected is

Midwest: 1 in 79

South: 1 in 43

Northeast: 1 in 79

West: 1 in 37

Weiland also forecasts that COVID cases will be peaking on the West Coast soon, in the South in late July, and the Northeast/Midwest cases will peak in August.

[TheRickles]

29. 1 in 54? That'd mean over 6 million Americans have Covid. I doubt it.

Are they symptomatic, mild symptoms, moderate symptoms, hospitalized, ICU - where on the spectrum are these folks? Without more context, this feels like fear-mongering.

[PuraVidaDreamin]

30. read the substack

[TheRickles]

32. His numbers are based on wastewater levels of virus - not on people's clinical status.

And if there are 600,000 infections each day, then it's an incredibly mild form of the disease, or else our health care system would have collapsed.

[PuraVidaDreamin]

49. And... When the numbers go up.....

[róisín_dubh]

47. It's flowing through Europe

I got it I think and then passed it along without realising I was even sick. My allergies are awful this year (thanks terribly miserable spring/summer European weather), so I just suspected I was having a worse day than usual. I've vaxxed and have every booster I can. My partner has only been vaxxed twice. He was knocked the hell out. Another friend of mine caught it at some point whilst traveling in Italy and was really ill, despite having had vaccines/boosters and prior infections.

[blogslug]

18. Get well quick, Mr. President

❤️

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

22. Remember when Trump showed up to a debate in 2020 when he was infected?

I'm sure that's not where Joe caught it but still.

Get well Mr. President.

[Hope22]

23. My guess is that he has had it since his 'cold'

The foggy brain was a dead give away. My mother was 81 when she first got Covid, back in the days with no vaccine. The tests aren’t reliable. She has had it at least three times since 2020 and every time it sets her on her butt! My heart goes out to the President. This is a tough one! She usually falls before the diagnosis. My sister who doesn’t believe in Covid is her caregiver. Every time I have to force her to test mom. This is so hard on seniors. Such hard news. 💗💗💗🙏🏼

[3catwoman3]

25. Your guess may be right on the money.

It would certainly explain Joe being off his game at the debate.

[MichMan]

27. They tested him then and said it was negative

[Hope22]

38. Yes and I did four negative tests......until I didn't! N/t

[LetMyPeopleVote]

31. President Biden has been out on the trail quite a bit and so this does not surprise me

[LiberalArkie]

33. From potus on threads

Post by @potus

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I tested positive for COVID-19 this afternoon, but I am feeling good and thank everyone for the well wishes.
I will be isolating as I recover, but during this time I will continue to work to get the job done for the American people.

[Evolve Dammit]

37. Covid remains a big fucking deal. Know many people in my community who contracted in last couple months. 3 weeks

recovery and not easy.

[LudwigPastorius]

39. Best wishes for a full recovery, Mr. President.

Take it easy for a few days.

[marmar]

41. I had it a couple of weeks ago. Symptom-wise it was basically the same as a mild cold.

[chouchou]

43. He'll be fine. There's a lot more knowledge now than ever before.

I suspect 9-10 days and he'll be his rosy self.

[Hekate]

44. Swift and gentle healing, Mr President. You are loved, yes you are.

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[S/V Loner]

48. My gut tells me he is going to step aside...

and use covid/his health to do it gracefully.
Hope I am wrong.

[RobinA]

51. I Had That Thought

I don't know if I hope I'm wrong or not. This is such a cluster, plus everything I thought I knew about how our world works turns out to be no longer the case, so my ability to predict is currently nonexistent.

[twodogsbarking]

52. I tested positive on Monday. Had to spend a lot of time in bed.

Really felt sick and it an no energy or appetite. Paxlovid has helped. Sucks. Get well Joe.