Top U.S. Military Leaders Are Quarantining after Being Exposed to The Virus

By artappraiser on Tue, 10/06/2020 - 1:14pm |

Well that escalated quickly. Gen. Mark A. Milley, chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff, along with almost the entirety of the Joint Chiefs of Staff are quarantining after being exposed to #COVID19, after Adm. Charles Ray, tested positive for coronavirus. https://t.co/5OwVezcCzZ
— Eric Feigl-Ding (@DrEricDing) October 6, 2020

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https://www.nytimes.com/live/2020/10/06/us/trump-covid-live-updates/top-us-military-leaders-including-chairman-of-the-joint-chiefs-of-staff-are-quarantining-after-being-exposed-to-the-virus

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Slightly before that story @ NYTimes Live Breaking, also see After the White House outbreak, 40 senators seek coronavirus tests as congressional doctor tries to trace the spread of the virus

More than 40 United States senators, along with more than a dozen congressional aides and reporters, have been tested for the coronavirus since late last week, when it became clear the White House was a hot spot for transmission, officials said on Tuesday.

In contrast to the approach taken at the West Wing — where officials are making little effort to determine the scope of the outbreak — Congress’s attending physician, Dr. Brian P. Monahan, is working with the Washington, D.C., health department to trace contacts of known cases on Capitol Hill, according to a Democratic aide familiar with the medical office’s work. [....]

by artappraiser on Tue, 10/06/2020 - 1:23pm

AG Barr has notched a 5th negative covid test, DOJ spox says. He's been at home in recent days, but spox has said previously it was likely he'd return to the department Wednesday. Spox adds he'll limit time in building for specific meetings & take precautions while participating
— Matt Zapotosky (@mattzap) October 6, 2020

by artappraiser on Tue, 10/06/2020 - 1:29pm

Bill Barr is returning to work at DOJ tomorrow. 5 negative tests and he’s had enough. DOJ staffers shouldn’t read my other tweet then about incubation time. #COVID19 https://t.co/1vEzCSdyGn
— Eric Feigl-Ding (@DrEricDing) October 6, 2020

2) don’t read this if you’re a DOJ staffer returning to work in person with Barr tomorrow. If you do, please premium mask up. https://t.co/GZ8afII9Az
— Eric Feigl-Ding (@DrEricDing) October 6, 2020

by artappraiser on Tue, 10/06/2020 - 1:58pm

on the Gold Star families White House event being related to the military quarantine see this guy's Twitter thread, starting here:

Remember when Trump blamed military and law enforcement for Hope Hicks getting COVID? It never made sense why she, and now him, would blame military personnel for giving it to them. Well...did you know there was a Gold Star Mother's Day event at the White House on Sunday?
— Fred Wellman (@FPWellman) October 6, 2020

he's advisor on Veteran's affairs for Project Lincoln

by artappraiser on Wed, 10/07/2020 - 2:56am

Tried to highlight that yesterday - too many spigots of shit to sort out

http://dagblog.com/comment/290457#comment-290457

by PeraclesPlease on Wed, 10/07/2020 - 7:25am

Trump infected the nuclear football guy.

He's a walking, huffing biological weapon created by his own ego and stupidity. https://t.co/19Cdo8dmFp
— emptywheel (@emptywheel) October 7, 2020

by PeraclesPlease on Wed, 10/07/2020 - 7:50am

Top U.S. Military Leaders Are Quarantining after Being Exposed to The Virus

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