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White House Blocks New Coronavirus Vaccine Guidelines

The F.D.A. proposed stricter guidelines for emergency approval of a coronavirus vaccine, but the White House chief of staff objected to provisions that would push approval past Election Day.

Donald Trump's campaign claims the president's COVID hospitalization will help him beat Biden because 'he has firsthand experience Joe Biden doesn't'

• 'He has experience - now - of fighting the coronavirus as an individual,' said Erin Perrine. 'Those firsthand experiences, Joe Biden, he doesn't have those'

The President is going to show us how easy it is to beat this disease and all you need is a private helicopter, 12 of the best doctors in the world, and every single drug available at a moment's notice.

Credit: Adam Burke @atbburke on Twitter

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Reality Intrudes on a White House in Denial

 A White House long in denial confronted reality this week after President Trump and the first lady both tested positive for the virus, along with a cadre of close advisers, including Hope Hicks, a top White House aide, and Bill Stepien, the Trump campaign manager.

The outcome appeared shocking but also inevitable in a West Wing that assumed that rapid virus tests for everyone who entered each morning were substitutes for other safety measures, like social distancing and wearing masks.

But the outcome was also a byproduct, former aides said, of the recklessness and top-down culture of fear that Mr. Trump created at the White House and throughout his administration. If you wanted to make the boss happy, they said, you left the mask at home.

President Trump at times told staff wearing masks in meetings to “get that thing off,” an administration official said. Everyone knew that Mr. Trump viewed masks as a sign of weakness, officials said, and that his message was clear. “You were looked down upon when you would walk by with a mask,” said Olivia Troye, a top aide on the coronavirus task force who resigned in August and has endorsed former Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr.

In public, some of the president’s favorite targets were mask-wearing White House correspondents. “Would you take it off, I can hardly hear you,” Mr. Trump told Jeff Mason of Reuters in May, then mocked Mr. Mason for wanting “to be politically correct” when he refused.

— Annie Karni and Maggie Haberman (New York Times 10/3/20)

October 2, 2020 Headlines

Donald and Melania both have mild Covid symptoms as it emerges President knew he'd been exposed to infected aide Hope Hicks but flew to fundraiser where he 'raised $5m and came into contact with 100 people.'

White House's 24 hours of COVID cover up and superspreading revealed: Hope Hicks had symptoms on Wednesday night but Trump ignored them AND her positive test to go to fundraiser (and his aides STILL won't mask up)

Ivanka tests NEGATIVE for COVID-19 as she flouts CDC quarantine guidelines and heads to work just hours after Trump confirmed that he and Melania have contracted the virus and two days after she flew with the president on Air Force One.

Senate Judiciary Committee member Mike Lee tests positive for COVID after meeting SCOTUS nominee Amy Coney Barrett and hugging and kissing people at the White House - throwing her confirmation into doubt.

At least three White House reporters have tested positive. One journalist who tested positive had traveled with Trump on Air Force One for a mostly maskless rally in Pennsylvania on Saturday, according to CNN

Trump had come to the back of the plane to talk for about 10 minutes, as the reporters had to gather closely around him due to the loud noise of the aircraft

Reporters have feared for months of an outbreak, citing that they frequently interact with White House aides, many of whom refuse to wear masks