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Re: For Trump campaign rallies, attendees must agree not to sue if they get the virus.

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By asking attendees to sign the waivers, the campaign is basically telling people that they should be willing to become ill, and perhaps even die, for the privilege and honor of seeing Donald Trump live.

Here's an interesting question, will the campaign allow the rally to be simulcast online, for people who are unwilling to risk their health to see Trump live? I suspect that if the rally is covered live by at least one network, which we have to assume will be the case, is there a chance that they will not be able to fill the stadium in Tulsa, or worse yet, the expected attendance is so low that it might have to be cancelled?

But here's the real nightmare scenario. The Tulsa rally is a big 'success' and every seat in the place was filled and people were running around with no face masks and so on. But then, like they're seeing in states which opened-up early and are now showing a big increase in infections and hospitalizations, and where the health experts have linked this to things like all those people who didn't wear masks or observed social distancing over the Memorial Day weekend, what if a week or so after the Tulsa rally, there's a sudden spike in COVID cases in Tulsa and other nearby cites? How does Trump explain that? Worse yet, how does the Republican Party live with it? If this does play out like this and there is a sudden increase in infections and perhaps even deaths, will this be the 'come-to-Jesus moment' for the GOP?




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For Trump campaign rallies, attendees must agree not to sue if they get the virus.
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Fri, 12 Jun 20 2:22 AM
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For Trump campaign rallies, attendees must agree not to sue if they get the virus.
As President Trump moves to resume indoor campaign rallies, his campaign has added a twist to his optimistic push to return to life as it was before the pandemic: Attendees cannot sue the campaign or the venue if they contract the virus at the event.

“By clicking register below, you are acknowledging that an inherent risk of exposure to Covid-19 exists in any public place where people are present,” a statement on Mr. Trump’s campaign website informed those wishing to attend his June 19 rally in Tulsa, Okla. “By attending the rally, you and any guests voluntarily assume all risks related to exposure to Covid-19 and agree not to hold Donald J. Trump for President, Inc.; BOK Center; ASM Global; or any of their affiliates, directors, officers, employees, agents, contractors or volunteers liable for any illness or injury.”

Mr. Trump’s rally in Tulsa, the site of a massacre of black residents in 1921, will be on Juneteenth, a prominent African-American holiday recognizing the end of slavery in the United States. The rally will also be his first since the pandemic forced most of the country into quarantine three months ago, a campaign official said Wednesday. Polls have shown former Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. establishing a substantial lead over Mr. Trump.
http://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/11/world/coronavirus-live-updates.html?campaign_id=60&emc=edit_na_20200611&instance_id=0&nl=breaking-news&ref=cta®i_id=16112385&segment_id=30716&user_id=75ee940ebe2fd3e9d0a6bb93cf283302#link-21054f83


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