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Thursday night President Trump told people at a dinner: “The end of the pandemic is in sight.” Now, we are 31 days from the election and there is a literal coronavirus outbreak at the White House that has the president in Walter Reed and his campaign manager in quarantine.

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@Yamiche

Pedantic observation on my part but isolation should be used here instead of quarantine. Isolation separates sick people with a contagious disease from people who are not sick. Quarantine separates people who were exposed to a contagious disease to see if they become sick.

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Since they were tested positive, they are in isolation and not quarantine.