President hospitalized thread [facts only, NO OPINION]

[rsb3]

the title of this thread says in all-caps NO OPINION

Pull this thread ... please ! If you can't talk about the s**t Trump pulled today, there is no point
to the fact/opinion dance.

[ATK]

Trump's Campaign Spokesman said that he will participate in the next debate.

https://www.usnews.com/news/top-news...ebate-campaign

The debate is scheduled for the October 15th which is 10 days from now, inside the typical 14 day quarantine period. We dont know if Trump is actually covid free or when his last negative test was. If the ride around the block in his car was alarming, what about traveling to Miami?

[gh]

Is Trump getting the medical advice he wants rather than the advice he needs?

https://www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...mpression=true

the title of this thread says in all-caps NO OPINION

[NotDutra5]

Shalala may say that but I can tell you that's not what we deal with in the real world, and that's not what we are told by consultants. Shalala may have "written" it, as in sponsored it, but like all politicians I doubt she read the entire bill, just as none of them read the ObamaCare (for the record, I read the entire 2,000+ pages) bill. Their aides wrote it for them and they don't read the whole thing.

After reading a bit more about Gilmartin and Leavitt, I have doubts that the source was a covered entity. I doubt Sean Spicer knows what a covered entity is and thus probably doesn't understand the regulation. Unless the source was a medical professional or someone or entity acting on behalf of that medical professional, there is not HIPAA violation. Gilmartin says to anyone "I'm positive" and that person tells the press, there is no violation.

[ATK]

Wait, so when your discharged from the hospital that doesn't mean your corona free? 😀

[jazzcyclist]

The first thing he did when he arrived at the White House before entering was take off his mask.

[jazzcyclist]

Shalala may say that but I can tell you that's not what we deal with in the real world, and that's not what we are told by consultants. Shalala may have "written" it, as in sponsored it, but like all politicians I doubt she read the entire bill, just as none of them read the ObamaCare (for the record, I read the entire 2,000+ pages) bill. Their aides wrote it for them and they don't read the whole thing.

Shalala was the Secretary of Health and Human Services when HIPAA was written, not just some back-bench congresswoman. This would have been part of her portfolio, so it wouldn't surprise me if she got into the minutia of the HIPAA law, and I would be surprised if she didn't.

[Atticus]

Trump has left Walter Reed Hospital

Ha! That has echoes of 'Elvis has left the building'.

[Conor Dary]

Is Trump getting the medical advice he wants rather than the advice he needs?

https://www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...mpression=true

[ATK]

Trump has left Walter Reed Hospital

[Conor Dary]

Under HIPAA, cited by Trump's doctor to decline answering some but not other questions, doctors can only disclose personal health information (PHI) with patient's consent. This raises the prospect that Trump told his doctors they could share positive news but not worrying news.

White House doctors releasing his vital signs down to the number, answering questions about how he's doing better. Then asked about his chest scans, suddenly they invoke HIPAA patient privacy protections and won't answer.

https://mobile.twitter.com/JoshNBCNe...00812395503623

[JRM]

Unless she caught it again (which I guess is possible) This happened back in May

Indeed. Missed the date on the story. I've deleted the post.

[NotDutra5]

Shalala may say that but I can tell you that's not what we deal with in the real world, and that's not what we are told by consultants. Shalala may have "written" it, as in sponsored it, but like all politicians I doubt she read the entire bill, just as none of them read the ObamaCare (for the record, I read the entire 2,000+ pages) bill. Their aides wrote it for them and they don't read the whole thing.

I'd exercise caution in revealing any information but it all depends on who's doing the revealing and whether the source was a covered entity.

[bambam1729]

Rep. Donna Shalala (D-Fla.) corrected former White House press secretary Sean Spicer on Twitter on Monday after he suggested that naming a White House staffer who tested positive for coronavirus violates the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA).

“It’s one thing to report an additional staffer in the White House has tested positive but revealing their name seems like a violation of HIPPA,” Spicer tweeted in response to a report that Chad Gilmartin, an aide to press secretary Kayleigh McEnany, had tested positive.

“That's not how HIPAA works,” Shalala tweeted in response. “I should know...I wrote it.”

https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5...now-i-wrote-it

Shalala may say that but I can tell you that's not what we deal with in the real world, and that's not what we are told by consultants. Shalala may have "written" it, as in sponsored it, but like all politicians I doubt she read the entire bill, just as none of them read the ObamaCare (for the record, I read the entire 2,000+ pages) bill. Their aides wrote it for them and they don't read the whole thing.

[ATK]

Should do the debates remotely. No reason both should be in the same room..

In 1960 for the third debate Kennedy and Nixon were 3000 miles apart.

https://millercenter.org/the-preside...nd-los-angeles

I agree. Either remote or just cancel. But they are now actually going to have Plexiglass

https://www.politico.com/news/2020/1...-debate-426514