My first thought was is it true? Within a few minutes of that first thought, and looking at news reports, it does seem to be true.
My next thought was if Trump has very mild symptoms it will help the no-mask crazy alt-right people feel more emboldened about their message that covid is nothing to fear.
Almost simultaneously I thought he won’t have to debate now.
Listening to cable news obsessing about Trump’s pre-existing conditions like it’s a definite death sentence, I think it’s jumping the gun. It’s still most likely he will get through it.
So far I have not felt at all like Trump will become incapacitated or die, but of course it is a possibility. When I was looking at statistics a few months back I was coming up with his age group needing to be hospitalized about 25% of the time, which is a lot. That stat might be different now, it might be lower. Right now I don’t think he “needs” to be hospitalized.
When I heard he was going to the hospital I immediately thought it’s probably a precaution, or to monitor giving one of the drugs that can have side effects. Now, I see he is getting antibody therapy, which no one else with mild symptoms would get. I still think he has mild symptoms, I just think he’s getting survival treatment. I saw the list of therapies being administered and so far Hydroxychloroquine is not on the list.
I also think if he develops antibodies he will feel less need for a mask going forward. He will be free. Furthering the message that catching it has some benefits.