Majus,
That is ONE BIG bet with 4 weeks to go. If Trump or any other White House staffer develops serious health issues, that bet goes bad just before the election. Those are some high stakes on the throw of the Covid dice.
But for me, Trump’s infection is a near fatal blow to his campaign. Why? To prevail over the next 30 Days, Trump needs an organized, disciplined and narrow focus on just two issues:
* the economy: you know that I’m the guy to bring back prosperity.
* law & order: I’ll arrest everyone in Portland if I have to.
What he doesn’t need is a public focus on the pandemic, his lowest polling subject area. So what does he do? He contracts the disease guaranteeing that the public will focus only on the disease for at least two weeks. Voting has already begun. Within 2 weeks, millions will have voted while Trump quarantines in the White House. No rallies for him. Perhaps no debates.
Trump forfeited his advantage as an incumbent in the first debate. Now, he has forced the entire electorate to focus on his weakest area, the handling of the pandemic. What a guy!