How Trump's COVID diagnosis affects the election

President Trump's COVID-19 diagnosis has sent ripples through his reelection campaign and the campaign of opponent Joe Biden. Ed O'Keefe explores how it's affecting the presidential election.

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[levis.]

I dont understand how these people have jobs. They get paid to talk crap about anybody. anyone can do that.

[thisistheaccountname]

Your own leader said it was deadlier than the seasonal flu and highly contagious.

You know, you act like people who are infected with COVID-19 just take a day off, read a book, drink some tea and have a nap and in a day they recover.

I had COVID-19.
I know people who had it.
People hospitalized for weeks screaming for their families to let them die because they were in so much pain and had to be sedated.
Yes, a lot of people recover, but the road to recover can be long, painful, and full of uncertainty.

[Calmdowndude]

This remind me of The Apprentice show somehow, faking a diagnosis, reaping in the sorrow votes, and doing the boss thing haha

[MargueriteFairProductions]

She will chew Pence up and spit him out! LOL

[billucf]

Same polls that had Hiliary winning. Good luck with your million subs and less than 150 likes. That's the real poll.

[srobg]

New superlative for Trump - Super spreader Don. Great job.

[karlaclaterbaugh]

He will make an incredible recovery, one the likes of we've never seen, everyone will be saying you did so good with this, how um how did you do it ? Biden could never have done what you did.Biden would be hiding in a hospital for a week. We're number one, the world loves us!

[jeffc]

Trump and his crew are like a bunch of comic book villains, how can anyone take that guy seriously?

[wada-wada]

honestly I don't see youtube pushing much biden's videos to me

[spliffsperlunk]

Someone Trumps age has about a 94% survival chance.

[retalbtaylor]

Funny how a few days in the hospital can turn a man another color, suddenly this man isn’t ORANGE! and his hair isn’t nearly as harsh of a tone. I think he should just go ahead and enter a rest home, because I’m sure he could use a nice long rest, and they have soft ties to keep him gently and firmly in that bed, with the rails up (for his safety of course), and no more Big Macs, just lots and lots of easy to swallow and digest things like pablum, oatmeal, cream of wheat, mashed strained peas, lots of mashed soybeans and chickpeas (for their protein) and ground three times meats boiled and mashed. Don’t want anything sticking in his teeth!

[gRosh]

Still asking for Cash from the Tax and Debt Slaves? HA!

[TechWithSean]

It makes him look naive and irresponsible.
Not very presidential.

[NYMArts]

Trump's COVID diagnosis doesn't affect the election. But Biden's mental condition does.

[doubleohseven]

What is ironic is that Trump questions Biden's health and stamina. Yet Trump is the one looking rough.

[marcopolo]

So Trump is allowed to leave hospital to endanger lives...YOU DUMMIES TRUMP DOESNT CARE ABOUT YOU!! He wants to get re-elected b/c the Banks and organizations that gave him those loan for $450 million come due in January, will have to default/excuse the debt on it because they cannot sue a sitting United States President. Trumpers are soooo stupid!!

[boufie]

Mildly slanted statistics, some actual factual reporting and no Trump-bashing. While perhaps unintentional, CBS News could be in serious danger of committing acts of journalism...

[ihtusernams]

I had Covid and I'm a healthy guy in his 30's. I was sick in bed for 15 days, but not fully well for a few months after. Something doesn't seem right about this, even if Trump beats this, he'll be recovering for weeks after.

[Jacen]

*May GOD bless and protect President Donald J. Trump!* 🙏✝️♥️🇺🇸🙂
*USA! MAGA!*

[Dionysos]

So we'll see if the GOP needs to trot out the mobile mannequin, Harris bounces him like a basketball, and it's game over on election night.