Day 205, Part Two

• News keeps getting worse for the Republicans.  RNC chairwoman Ronna McDaniel tested positive for the coronavirus on Wednesday.
• And the situation is going completely postal at the White House.  Donald Trump is being flown on an emergency basis to Walter Reed Medical Center.  Melania is NOT with him.  No surprise.  Co-morbidities and all that stuff...
  
• A number of reporters have now tested positive for the coronavirus...
• ... as has Kayleigh McEnany, the press secretary.
• As of about 6 PM Pacific, according to a conservative economic website, two Republican senators, three reporters, and the President of Notre Dame are also positive, along with a reported two dozen governors and other officials across the country.
• Three officials have reported that Amy Coney Barrett, the new conservative nominee for the Supreme Court, HAD the coronavirus this summer, but recovered.  The problem being:  Could she, either from that case or a second one, still been a carrier and basically infected a good part of conservative Washington, DC?
• She has tested negative today.
  
• But now make it three Republican senators to test positive.  Mike Lee of Utah joins Thom Tillis of North Carolina and a third unnamed Senator to test positive.
• And add Kellyanne Conway to the list.
• And his campaign manager, Bill Stepian.
• Late word as of 9 PM Pacific is that Trump is resting comfortably at Walter Reed Medical Center, but he's now on Remdesivir after an experimental drug cocktail.  Remdesivir, for those not recalling, was seen earlier on as a "last resort".  There is report Trump is short of breath as well.
• NBC reporting about 9:05 Pacific that Chris Christie has also tested positive.
  

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Gonna separate all the sports stuff down to here.  Thinking this could get stupid and stupid FAST...

• The Miami Marlins became the third road team in the Wild Card playoffs to sweep their higher-seeded rivals when they eliminated the Cubs today. 
• At least six New Orleans Saints starters will not play in the next game.  No virus -- all injuries.
• The man who played the Los Angeles Kings mascot has finally been fired for sexual harassment after an investigation following a lawsuit against him.  He had been with the team 13 years, and had another groping incident in 2017 "settled between the parties" in 2018.
• Hall of Fame pitcher Bob Gibson passed away tonight due to cancer.  He was 84.
• The rumored schedule change for the Titans outbreak has been confirmed:  Week 7 for this week's game, Steelers-Ravens Week 8, Ravens bye week moves to Week 7.
• Appalachian State has to postpone tomorrow's game to December for positive tests.  On top of that, at least one App State student has died to the virus.
  
• And the University of Buffalo has stopped the football program and two other sports due to problems at it's campus as well.