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With the spread of coronavirus continuing to dominate headlines it would have come as a shock to many that an attendee at the recent CPAC event, which hosted a speech by Donald Trump, tested positive for the illness.
The likes of Trump Jr, Ivanka Trump, Mike Pence and numerous members of the Trump administration were at the four day gathering in Washington DC but reportedly didn't come into contact with the infected individual, which didn't seem to bother Trump anyway.
The president was quoted as saying:
I'm not concerned at all. We'll have tremendous rallies. We're doing very well.
We've done a fantastic job, with respect to that subject, on the virus.
That seems fair enough but one of the many speeches at the event did see Trump's now-former chief of staff, Mick Mulvaney, gave a talk on how the White House is dealing with the deadly outbreak.
Rather than give some reassurances, Mulvaney proceeded to lambast the media for their coverage of the virus, claiming that it was a ploy to oust Trump from office.
CPAC, which today confirmed an attendee was infected with coronavirus, is where then-acting White House chief of st… https://t.co/mFXnwlStUv— Philip Rucker (@Philip Rucker) 1583626461
Mulvaney wouldn't have been able to have foreseen that someone at CPAC would have coronavirus but he clearly wasn't practising great hygiene at the event anyway.
In footage from his talk, Mulvaney coughs into his hand, which is not the recommended thing to do (according to the CDC you should cough into a tissue or on your sleeve) then, just moments later, shakes the hand of Stephen Moore, after presumably not washing.
#CPACvirus https://t.co/I9QMCDVSWt— ElElegante101 (@ElElegante101) 1583740231
Now, we aren't saying that Mulvaney is the person with the coronavirus at CPAC but this video has given people ideas.
We now know there was at least one person at CPAC with coronavirus 😬https://t.co/Q1HVuXsJUE— Aaron Rupar (@Aaron Rupar) 1583698385
Woof. https://t.co/hj3lASiXsb— Jeffrey Wright (@Jeffrey Wright) 1583700962
I feel like the guy touching his face IMMEDIATELY after shaking Mulvaney’s hand gets lost a little bit here https://t.co/RRDfkRC2GD— ALBΞRT MacGloan.eth ➐ (@ALBΞRT MacGloan.eth ➐) 1583759390
You hate to see it. https://t.co/9lJ0roqF38— Not Bill Murray (@Not Bill Murray) 1583709517
Mulvaney, the first chief of staff fired for being a plague vector https://t.co/nvLuV4XhbZ— Jeff Yang (@Jeff Yang) 1583700880
@atrupar Creating a strain called cronyvirus.— JD Bender (@JD Bender) 1583698514
Trump, a notorious germaphobe, might have gotten wind of this as he sacked Mulvaney from his current position at the weekend and replaced him with North Carolina lawmaker Mark Meadows.
Mulvaney is now set to become the US special envoy to Northern Ireland. Let's just hope he practises better hygiene in his new role otherwise he might risk being told off by his boss again.
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