Public health experts warn that the president's coronavirus-themed trips to swing states could bring a higher risk of the virus to the communities he visits.
WASHINGTON — As President Donald Trump makes his third coronavirus-themed trip to a battleground state in as many weeks, some experts are expressing concern that the visits could put communities at risk during the COVID-19 outbreak.
But the Abbott Labs ID NOW testing system the White House uses for rapid results may not always deliver accurate results, the Food and Drug Administration warned recently. And even if the results are accurate, the precise window of time between infection and a positive test result remains unknown. "Any Presidential visit outside of Washington, D.C. is a heavy lift in terms of personnel and resources," Greg Jenkins, who was deputy assistant to the president and director of White House advance operations during President George W. Bush's administration, said in an email.
"There's massive debates between the Secret Service and the local police on what they will pay for. The Secret Service will pay for things to protect the president, but, for example, if it has to do with protesters — [of] which there are a lot — that is not a cost that the Secret Service would be willing to assume," Maska said, adding that"there's long fights in any administration between the Secret Service and the local community.
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