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Trump's Diagnosis Shows US Vulnerability to Coronavirus

Associated Press

   President Donald Trump's COVID-19 diagnosis serves as a reminder of the
   pervasive spread of the coronavirus and shows how tenuous of a grip the
   nation has on the crisis, health experts said.

   With U.S. infections rising for several weeks, Trump was one of about
   40,000 Americans who learned they had tested positive when he broke the
   news early Friday. First lady Melania Trump also tested positive, and
   both were described as having mild symptoms. The president went to a
   military hospital for what the White House said was a precautionary
   visit of "a few days." Some of his top advisers and allies also have
   tested positive recently.

   "No one is entirely out of the virus' reach, even those supposedly
   inside a protective bubble," said Josh Michaud, associate director of
   global health policy with the Kaiser Family Foundation in Washington.

   Eight months after the virus reached the United States, worrying
   signals mounted of what's ahead this fall. The National Football League
   postponed a game because of a worsening outbreak among the Tennessee
   Titans. Some hospitals in Wisconsin have run low on space, and experts
   warned of a likely surge in infections during the colder months ahead.
   Some economists say it could take as long as late 2023 for the job
   market to fully recover.

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