President Donald Trump on Monday left Walter Reed Military Hospital after only 3 days of treatment for Covid-19. In a staged and heavily covered ceremony Trump exited the facility wearing a mask and upon arriving at the White House, took his mask off for cameras even though he was by all accounts deeply contagious and his every breath carried a virus load. He then gave a brief address urging people to not be afraid of the deadly disease.The speech caused consternation among doctors and family members of those who died from the disease. One scientist wrote on Twitter, “What White House staffer would still wanna go to work tomorrow??? Epidemiologists just wanna vomit.” Another pointed out that Trump was visibly making a serious effort to breathe as he stood for the cameras. Many have pointed out the risks that Trump is putting his own staff at with a writer for The Guardian saying, “The bodyguards are there to take a bullet for the president, not to take one from him, but that was in effect what Trump was demanding they do for a photo-op.” Two White House housekeepers have already tested positive for the disease. None of the support staff that are expected to serve the President are likely to have the high quality treatment Trump has access to. 

More than 200,000 Americans have lost their lives to coronavirus and many family members who lost loved ones say they are outraged at the president’s cavalier behavior. The organization COVID Survivors for Change released a statement saying, “For the long haulers living with symptoms of COVID-19 for months on end, this virus is terrifying. Trump doesn’t care, and he still doesn’t get what families are going through.” The group organized an installation of 20,000 empty lawn chairs in front of the White House, one for every 10 people who have died in the US from the virus. Meanwhile Trump has continued to spread misinformation on social media and on Monday Twitter took down one of his tweets saying it violated their policies and then put it back up saying, “that it may be in the public’s interest for the Tweet to remain accessible.” In it Trump equated the Coronavirus to the seasonal flu even though Covid death rates are twice that of the flu. According to a new CNN poll, two thirds of Americans feel that Trump was irresponsible about his illness and infection. According to the outlet, “Disapproval of the President’s handling of the coronavirus outbreak stands at a new high in the survey, with 60% saying they disapprove. Additionally, 63% say his own infection is unlikely to change an...