COVID19 Update - Day 208

US Tests: 103,743,255*

US Cases: 7,383,499*

US Deaths: 201,712*

Worldwide Cases: 35,075,423*

Worldwide Deaths: 1,036,095*

* - Numbers are a lower bound.  True numbers are being suppressed by the Trump administration

The egotism and disregard for others is breathtaking --- but sadly, not surprising:

Donald Trump drew immediate rebuke from doctors on Sunday afternoon for an “insane” surprise drive-by visit to supporters outside the Walter Reed military medical center, where the president is being treated for an infection of Covid-19.

At least two other people, probably Secret Service agents, wearing respirators and eye protection, were seen on video in the vehicle accompanying Trump, who was also masked, during the short drive.

James Phillips, doctor of emergency medicine at George Washington University, who is an attending physician at Walter Reed, called the stunt “insanity”.

“Every single person in the vehicle during that completely unnecessary Presidential ‘drive-by’ just now has to be quarantined for 14 days. They might get sick. They may die,” he wrote in a tweet.

“For political theater. Commanded by Trump to put their lives at risk for theater. This is insanity.”

In a second tweet, Phillips added: “That Presidential SUV is not only bulletproof, but hermetically sealed against chemical attack. The risk of COVID19 transmission inside is as high as it gets outside of medical procedures. The irresponsibility is astounding. My thoughts are with the Secret Service forced to play.”

Here's a fun thought experiment.  If you had two Secret Service agents assigned to you, would you order them to accompany you on an unnecessary joyride around the block if you knew that it meant putting their lives in danger --- and the lives of their families as well?

If you answer "yes", you're a sociopath.

If you answer "no" --- then why would you support a president who does?