Wednesday, October 7, 2020

Cleaning Staff In Hazmat Suits Sanitize The West Wing

The briefing room's deep clean came after President Trump was discharged from Walter Reed Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland, and returned to the White House on Monday evening 


 * Donald Trump arrived back at the White House on Monday night, taking off his face mask to enter the building 
 * The James S. Brady Press Briefing Room was sanitized by a White House employee in a hazmat suit   * A number of White House reporters and staffers have tested positive for COVID-19 after Trump's initial diagnosis 
 * With Marine One as a backdrop, he filmed a campaign ad that was released on Twitter: 'Maybe I am immune?' 
 * The president claimed he had fallen ill because he had been 'out front' and said: 'Don't let it dominate you' 
 * 'As your leader I had to do that. I stood out front. I led. I know there's a risk, a danger, but that's OK,' he said 
 * The president left Walter Reed after spending three nights at the hospital being treated for COVID-19 * He walked out the door at 6:40pm with a wave, a thumbs up and a fist pump before boarding Marine One 
 * At 6:45pm the helicopter took off from the Bethesda, Maryland facility and flew back to the White House 
 * Marine One landed at 6:55pm on the South Lawn of the White House 
 * Marine One crew will have to isolate for 14 days and the helicopter will have to be deep cleaned 
 * The 74-year-old president tweeted on Monday afternoon that he was feeling 'better than I did 20 years ago!' 
 * His treatment will continue at the White House with doctors on Monday saying he was 'not out of the woods' 
 * He has received four doses of remdesivir and will receive his fifth and final on Tuesday at the White House 
 * The virus has claimed more than 210,000 American lives and more than one million worldwide 

A cleaning crew outfitted in hazmat suits sanitized the West Wing after President Trump returned to the White House and a number of staffers tested positive in recent days. 

Trump on Monday walked out of Walter Reed Medical Center after being blindsided by his COVID-19 diagnosis last week, and boarded Marine One back to the White House. 

Trump admitted that his administration previously downplayed the pandemic -and officials were often seen flouting CDC recommendations - but photos taken after his arrival showed a renewed attempt at precaution. 

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WNU Editor: Hazmat suits?!?!?! I have a friend who supervises the cleaning of a hospital in Montreal. She tells me that her staff, like the doctors and nurses, have the proper PPE equipment to do their jobs. To her using hazmat suits is overkill. I am not sure about that. The cleaning staff at the White House will certainly disagree with her. And if I was working there, I would certainly want the best protection possible. I am already doing that now. For example I use N95 masks because they provide the best protection available unlike the current facemasks and surgical masks that most people are wearing.

1 comment:

Unknown said...

Looking at the images, the person using the emist electrostatic sprayer is wearing the suggested protections for using a antiviral cleaner. They are not wearing a hazmat suit, their wearing a tyvek suit (used for painting), gloves, and glasses.