Pechumes t1_is1adkt wrote on October 12, 2022 at 4:02 PM

Reply to comment by BreandyDownUnder in Feeling “schadenfreude” about Trump’s COVID-19 diagnosis may have impacted people’s views on the election by chrisdh79

You kinda just proved my point, no? He tested positive, he had the virus.

BreandyDownUnder t1_iscaz1o wrote on October 14, 2022 at 9:32 PM

We tested positive every day for a little over a week before testing negative. If we had tested negative the day after testing positive, it would have been considered a false positive. It doesn't matter what medications are administered, the antibodies will hang around in your system for a number of days. If there are no antibodies, there was no infection.

Pechumes t1_iscbo17 wrote on October 14, 2022 at 9:36 PM

It wasn’t the next day. He tested positive, went to Walter Reed on October 2nd, returned to the WH on October 5th. On the 7th, his doctor said he’d been symptom free for 24 hours. On the 12th, his doctor said he’d tested negative 2 consecutive days in a row. https://www.politico.com/amp/news/2020/10/12/trump-negative-covid-not-infectious-429068