Q And what is your plan, sir, for government workers? Are you moving for the government as well to start doing more teleworking?
THE PRESIDENT: We are. And weтАЩre doing тАФ weтАЩre using the medical term of тАЬtelemedicine,тАЭ and itтАЩs been incredibly busy and, really, you know, where people donтАЩt have to тАФ I mean, some people canтАЩt do it anyway. They canтАЩt get up; they canтАЩt see a doctor. But weтАЩre using this, and itтАЩs been telehealth тАФ different names. And I will tell you that itтАЩs been really successful, and itтАЩs helped a lot of people out, where they donтАЩt have to and they canтАЩt. And even from a safety reason, if they are positive, they are тАФ if they are feeling poorly, they canтАЩt do it, or we donтАЩt want them transmitting anything to anybody else.
My Response: Just read TrumpтАЩs response a few times. What does it mean that тАЬtelemedicine has been incredibly busyтАЭ? Does he mean that a lot of people are using telemedicine? That might be good, but the question was about teleworking, not telemedicine. Then he says something about тАЬpeople canтАЩt do it anywayтАЭ. What is he even talking about? I assume he means that some people feel so bad that they canтАЩt go out to the doctor. Why not just say that? Then he shifts to calling it тАЬtelehealthтАЭ with his usual caveat that тАЬtelehealthтАЭ and тАЬtelemedicineтАЭ are really the same thing (they arenтАЩt). And IтАЩm guessing that what Trump wanted to say in the last sentence is that from a safety perspective even if people are feeling good if they test positive we donтАЩt want them going out because they might transmit the disease to someone else. But that is just a guess given the word-salad nature of what he actually did say.
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Q And what is your plan, sir, for government workers? Are you moving for the government as well to start doing more teleworking?
THE PRESIDENT: We are. And weтАЩre doing тАФ weтАЩre using the medical term of тАЬtelemedicine,тАЭ and itтАЩs been incredibly busy and, really, you know, where people donтАЩt have to тАФ I mean, some people canтАЩt do it anyway. They canтАЩt get up; they canтАЩt see a doctor. But weтАЩre using this, and itтАЩs been telehealth тАФ different names. And I will tell you that itтАЩs been really successful, and itтАЩs helped a lot of people out, where they donтАЩt have to and they canтАЩt. And even from a safety reason, if they are positive, they are тАФ if they are feeling poorly, they canтАЩt do it, or we donтАЩt want them transmitting anything to anybody else.
My Response: Just read TrumpтАЩs response a few times. What does it mean that тАЬtelemedicine has been incredibly busyтАЭ? Does he mean that a lot of people are using telemedicine? That might be good, but the question was about teleworking, not telemedicine. Then he says something about тАЬpeople canтАЩt do it anywayтАЭ. What is he even talking about? I assume he means that some people feel so bad that they canтАЩt go out to the doctor. Why not just say that? Then he shifts to calling it тАЬtelehealthтАЭ with his usual caveat that тАЬtelehealthтАЭ and тАЬtelemedicineтАЭ are really the same thing (they arenтАЩt). And IтАЩm guessing that what Trump wanted to say in the last sentence is that from a safety perspective even if people are feeling good if they test positive we donтАЩt want them going out because they might transmit the disease to someone else. But that is just a guess given the word-salad nature of what he actually did say.