When he finally, inevitably, contracted the disease, he almost certainly spread it. Every guest at the Barrett reception tested negative for the virus before entering. Most likely, Trump was the superspreader in the Rose Garden. He failed to isolate himself after his close adviser, Hope Hicks, tested positive. Instead, he went to his golf club in Bedminster, New Jersey, for a fundraiser, unmasked. That night, he and the first lady tested positive and the next day Trump was flown to Walter Reed. If he were not president, he might have died. The disease killed many like him, an overweight older
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