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The President Has Coronavirus. What Happens If He Gets Sicker
By NPR
Consider This from NPR
02/10/20
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12m 3s
News broke overnight that President Trump and the first lady tested positive for the coronavirus. The White House says they have mild symptoms.
Ashish Jha
, dean of Brown University's School of Public Health, calls the diagnosis "a nightmare."
NPR's Rob Schmitz
reports on reaction abroad.
John Fortier
spoke to NPR
about what could happen if the
president gets sicker.
Fortier is the former executive director of the
Continuity of Government Commission
, a group set up in the wake of the Sept. 11 attacks.
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