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Fortunately, after multiple close interactions with people who had later tested positive for the deadly coronavirus (COVID-19) or suspected to have it, President Donald Trump had tested negative according to a test administered by his personal doctor and a statement released Saturday night. Despite the fact the result came from a trained medical professional, Sunday’s edition of ABC’s Good Morning America continued to insinuate that the President was a carrier of the virus.
“Whether or not the President is sick, the threat of the spread is still there. And the White House is notably upping its precautions,” reporter Trevor Ault stated at the top of his report.
He later added: “This morning, the relentless spread of the novel coronavirus appears to have, so far, stopped shy of the Oval Office. According to his personal doctor, President Trump's COVID-19 test is negative, the result released hours after the President spoke Saturday in the briefing room. Where he joked about his temperature.”
The heavy-handed insinuation of infection came roughly three minutes later when co-anchor Dan Harris turned to ABC’s Dr. Jennifer Ashton and asked: “Let’s start with the COVID-19 test that the President took. It's negative. Is he out of the woods?”
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