Oval Office Fauna

Shortly after 1 a.m., on Friday October 1, 2020 Trump tweeted that he and his wife had tested positive for COVID-19.

An infected Donald Trump returned to the White House from Walter Reed National Military Medical Center and is once again taking up residence in the Oval Office according to Larry Kudlow. No one had answered the question as to when the president last tested negative before his positive COVID-19 test on Thursday October 1, 2020.

He might have been infected at the Rose Garden event he held for Amy Coney Barrett on September 26, 2020. At least 11 people who attended that event have contracted the virus. hundreds of people were packed together on the south lawn with few choosing to wear masks. No contact tracing has been done by the White House for those infected.

On September 29, 2020 Trump flew to the presidential debate where he arrived late and didn’t not test for the virus. Moderator Chris Wallace said they relied on the honor system to hope that Trump had been tested. His family in the audience also refused to wear masks. Joe Biden and his group at the debate all tested negative so far.

On September 30, 2020 Trump flew to Minnesota for a fundraiser and an outdoor rally. Hope Hicks, one of his closest aides, reportedly started to feel unwell and tried to isolate on the Air Force One ride back to Washington. Think of how hard it would be to “isolate” on a plane ride. Hope Hicks received a positive COVID-19 test on Thursday October 1, 2020.

Trump plans to have a public event at the White House on Saturday October 10, 2020. He plans to stand Evita Style on the balcony and spray the crowd of several hundred people with is words and droplets. He will be socially distanced up on the balcony but they will not. He has claimed to have made a full recovery and that he is immune to the virus, but he was coughing up a lung on a FOX news interview with Sean Hannity.

34 people close to the White House have been reported to be infected by COVID-19. Trump’s return is reckless putting his entire staff at risk. There are about 90 people who work in the White House, so not everyone is exposed just yet. Not everyone comes in to direct contact with the infected first family. Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany told reported she would not say how many White House staff are infected, citing privacy concerns. Kayleigh is infected. Any staff that come close to the president must wear full PPE. “Isolation carts” with PPE are being set up with gowns, masks and goggles for any staff who come within six feet of the president, senior administration officials said.

On Sunday October 4, 2020 Trump put two secret service agents at risk by having them take him on a joy ride in an SUV as they drove him outside the hospital to wave to supporters. He wore a mask, and the agents wore masks and protective smocks. Even with the PPE they were at risk being in the hermetically sealed vehicle with the infected president.

Oh yes, raccoons are taking over the White House. Since the place is so quiet masked marauders have returned and are attacking reporters outside the building. Unlike Trump they are always masked.

Now that the animation project is finished, I can not resist starting to do Covid-19 themed illustrations again. Every day brings a new heightened insanity. I am not trying to do a COVID illustration ever day just yet since I want to finish posting the storyboards and animation from the project I have been working on for the past month.

The COVID-19 Rose Garden super spreader event had to be painted. The super spreader event was staged to celebrate Trumps push to have Amy Coney Barrett take the supreme cort slot that opened when Ruth Bader Ginsburg died of natural causes. I researched who was sitting where and who fist bumped and hugged who. The White House is not doing any contact tracing so I felt as an artist I had to document who might have infected who. The number of people infected in the White House keeps rising. The latest number I have from earlier today is 34 people.

Among the infected are of course Donald and Melania Trump . Trump announced his infection early Friday morning October 2, 2020 via Twitter. Senators Mike Lee and Thom Tillis both tested positive on Friday Evening October 2, 2020. Lee is seen in the foreground of this illustration hugging a couple. Watching video footage of the Rose Garden event was like watching a train wreck of stupidity since few wore masks as they hugged an bumped fists. Former New Jersey Governor Chris Christi has been hospitalized due to the virus as has Trump who has since returned to the White House claiming he was immune.

The latest count as of October 8, 2020 shows 34 White House staff infected according to a memo distributed to FEMA Homeland Security senior management. Hope Hicks and Stephen Miller who are senior aids to the president tested positive. Government officials have gone to great lengths to block information about the outbreak’s spread and basic information about the president’s health. No one knows when the president last tested negative for the virus. It is possible he went to a fundraiser in New Jersey and to the debate with Joe Biden knowing he was infected. As late as Wednesday October 7, 202 White House aides were seen in meeting without masks. The White House seemed to rely on testing to keep the virus from the president but clearly that plan had holes when science and basic health safety measures are ignored.