What if nothing happened? Would you believe it?

Last update: Thursday 5/12/22 

Would you believe it if someone told you that the White House Correspondents Association (WHCA) threw a big dinner gala in a cavernous hotel dining hall that was attended by over one thousand reporters and V.I.P'S, most not wearing masks, notably President Biden, 79, but was not attended by Dr. Fauci, 81, because of his concern for his "personal risk" ... The good news is that nobody got infected with COVID? Would you believe that story?

Well that's not quite what happened. A few reporters were tested positive within the next few days, as was Secretary of State Blinken, as per the following articles. Then no more cases were reported thereafter ... The story just died out. No super spreader. 

• "White House correspondents’ dinner: Biden jokes about return to near-normal", Paul Farhi, Washington Post, 5/1/22  
  
• "Virus Cases Grow After White House Correspondents Dinner", Chris Cameron, NY Times, 5/4/22
• "Yes, a lot of White House correspondents’ guests are testing positive", Chris Cameron, Washington Post, 5/5/22

The editor of this blog would like to believe this story. But knowing that all presidents lie about their health, even the honest ones, he can't block out the 15 second video clip that keeps running in the back of his mind over and over again, the one wherein the president's personal physician is waiting in the back seat of the limo that drives the president back to the White House, the one wherein the physician immediately hands the president a large bottle of Gatorade and a small bottle of Paxlovid pills with firm instructions that the president should "swallow all of them,  right away, as fast as you can ... out of an abundance of caution" ... :-(

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Links to related notes on this blog:  

• "Waiting for a COVID shoe to drop ... in the Oval Office ... with a P.S. 5/5/22", Last update: 5/7/22