DU POLL - what do you think is the truth

[boston bean]

I am pretty sure he has a bad case of Covid. They are trying to coverup the seriousness.

48 votes, 2 passes | Time left: Unlimited
	He has a bad case of Covid
	33 (69%)
	He has a mild case of Covid
	12 (25%)
	He never had Covid
	0 (0%)
	Other
	3 (6%)
	2 DU members did not wish to select any of the options provided.
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[LisaL]

1. I think he has covid.

I don't think so far his case is truly life threatening (of course with covid that could change). He is also being treated very aggressively with whatever is available (and likely won't be available to most other people in his condition).

[NRaleighLiberal]

2. who can know in the cloud of lies?

[bullimiami]

5. exactly. could be anything between nothing to fubar.

[boston bean]

6. Right. Therefore the reason for the speculation.

[Binkie The Clown]

3. Other: There is NO WAY to know when team Trump is lying.

The most reliable bet is that they are lying, but you just never know.

[bullimiami]

9. 100% they are lying. big lies or small they just cant tell the truth.

[brewens]

4. Moderate case, still totally up in the air. From everything I've heard, his odds for

complete recovery are not good.

[Freedomofspeech]

7. The only truth I know is that he is a liar and murderer...

And I wish him all the worst.

[Earthshine2]

8. They keep trying to steer us toward thinking all is well and getting better.

Therefore, it's safe to assume that things are really bad and they are covering up.

That's what this administration does. It's what they have always done.

[boston bean]

12. Yeah, that is where I am at too. Plus all the treatments point to a more dangerous infection.

[cayugafalls]

10. It's a reality show. Who the f*ck knows.

Make this lie number 23,034 or whatever the number really is...so many lies.

Make. It. Stop.

VOTE!

[Crunchy Frog]

11. I think if he wasn't having the kitchen sink thrown at him...

he would be headed for a ventilator, and at high risk of eventual death. I think the kitchen sink approach is probably heading that off, but maybe we'll still get lucky and he'll be on a ventilator for awhile at some point. Not going to hold my breath on that one though.

[poli-junkie]

13. I think his condition will worsen mid-week

[ProudMNDemocrat]

17. That is usually the pattern.

People who survived it said they felt better after a few days before all hell broke loose.

In Trump's case, he is not 1) In the best of physical shape. 2) Has underlying medical conditions.

Even those who were considered healthy and survived, got hit hard with this.

[Polybius]

14. I voted "Other," because you left out an option

Where's the option for medium case of Covid? That's what I think he has. Not really bad, but not mild either.

[boston bean]

15. Other is available for you to choose.

[Polybius]

19. As soon as I posted, I edited it that I voted "Other"

Still doesn't change the fact that medium should have been an option.

[BootinUp]

16. logically...they would want the public to think

he is healthier than he is. I say they but really we are talking about what Trump wants us to believe.

[duforsure]

18. I think the Dr's know he's declining and heading for a disaster, and trying to convince him of it

While he knows the election is slipping away, and he doesn't want pence given any power, because he hates him , and doesn't trust him. If trump leaves Walter Reed he'll very likely be greatly risking his own life. His anger management issues and health issues are making his Covid much worse for him.

[GoCubsGo]

20. Other: I have no fucking idea what is the truth.

It's kind of hard to know what to believe, when it is coming from a bunch of congenital liars. Other than that he is very likely ill with something. Whether it's COVID-19 or some lifestyle-related condition, it remains to be seen what's actually going on. We'll likely never learn the truth.

[IcyPeas]

27. I also voted "Other" for the same reason

honestly I don't know if it's a hoax for sympathy

I don't know if he has a cold

I don't know if he has a mild case of covid

you can't believe anything that he says or does.

then I ask myself would all those doctors standing there be lying?

I just don't effin know.

[GoCubsGo]

31. I was highly skeptical of the "hoax" part, until it occurred to me that

they could be plotting to fake his death to sneak him out of the country to avoid prosecution. But, I don't think he's that good of an actor to fake the huffing and puffing we saw in that video. There is definitely something wrong with him. It's just a matter of what and how bad. It's sick and sad that we're in a place where nearly anything we toss out there could be the truth, but we just don't know what that truth is. It's like we're in the old Soviet Union or North Korea.

[0rganism]

21. i think the truth is we're all spending too much time speculating on this

there is only one possible outcome we could trust with any degree of certainty and even then there would still be murmurings that he's still alive and wielding power or hiding out in a remote location

i am sick to fucking death of this traitor gobbling up free media cycles and digging his pudgy meme fingers into our minds.

Donald Asshole Trump has grabbed our zeitgeist by the pussy. he's a celebrity so we just let him do it. or do we?

[ooky]

22. No idea, except whatever they say isn't true.

[octoberlib]

23. CNN did a piece on Boris Johnson this morning.

Boris was admitted to the ICU on the 9th day of his sickness and almost died. He said he's still having health problems and will step down as PM in six months. His much younger girlfriend also had symptoms but bounced right back in a couple weeks. Recovery is a lot harder when you're older plus it sounds like Trump might have lung damage.

[IcyPeas]

28. true but

trump is getting experimental treatments that Boris didn't get (that we know of).

they are throwing everything they've got at trump. I'm sure Boris got the best of the best too but trump is being a guinea pig.

[octoberlib]

29. Experimental treatments doesn't mean they actuallywork. In fact Dr. Feigl-Ding had the receipts on

Regeneron, the monoclonal antibody drug. He went through their trial and found that the drug had no appreciable effect on clinical outcome in any of the patients it was tested on. The CEO of the company that produces Regeneron has been good friends with Trump for years and is a member of one of his golf courses. Remsdesivir doesn't work on everyone, either.The fact that they are now using Dexamethasone on Trump kind of confirms this.

[tirebiter]

24. Trump has Covid

That is the truth.

[beachbumbob]

25. the attempts is to cover up the extent and the time he got it

I dare to say he was easily COVID positive well before the Rose Garden incident and HE was patient zero for the spread. Trump kept covered up in hopes he be asymptomatic and not need anything medical attention. This is to AVOID THE COMPLETE public humiliation of him and as a side benefit, the ENTIRE REPUBLICAN PARTY.

We may never know the truth but common sense, logic and science can give us direction

[BlueTsunami2018]

26. I don't know what to think.

They lie so often about everything that I don’t know what to believe. I can see him having it considering how stupid everyone is about the protocols but at the same time I can see him faking it to play one of several angles.

We can’t know for sure unless he drops dead.

[Mz Pip]

30. Too soon to tell.

If he really is released from the hospital tomorrow then I’ll believe his case is mild.

[ancianita]

32. I don't want to have to pass, but we really can't trust what we're told.

Even if he has a case of Covid, his taking treatments from his Operation Warpspeed corps looks like the next stage of a likely campaign script to me.

Which is that he takes his products, gets out, has all his Rose Garden people treated, then pushes his products for the rest of the month with the subtle message that "only I can fix it -- so you 'd better vote for me." That's where I lean, given his history of stealth manipulation.

I rule nothing out at this point. Every poll choice could be right, and only Covid knows.

Even if he were to be proclaimed dead, you'd have to have a poll about whether we have the truth or not, and I wouldn't believe it until I see the long form autopsy report with attendant photos. And even then...