Update (1230ET): The Biden camp just confirmed that both Biden and his wife, Dr. Jill Biden, have tested negative.
I’m happy to report that Jill and I have tested negative for COVID. Thank you to everyone for your messages of concern. I hope this serves as a reminder: wear a mask, keep social distance, and wash your hands.
— Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) October 2, 2020
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With stocks already moving higher thanks to Nancy Pelosi’s claim that Congress is working on a relief bill so airlines shouldn’t move ahead with layoffs just yet, the market just got the headline it had been waiting for all morning: Joe Biden, the Democratic nominee for president, has tested negative.
.@mikememoli breaking news: @JoeBiden has tested NEGATIVE for the coronavirus after taking a test this morning.
— Marianna Sotomayor (@MariannaNBCNews) October 2, 2020
Biden shared a stage with President Trump during Tuesday’s debate, prompting concern that he could have been infected (as the NYT confirmed earlier, the White House didn’t give the Biden campaign a heads up about Hicks’ positive test).
If Biden were to also test positive, it would introduce even more political uncertainty into the US market, as both of the men competing to serve as president for the next four years would have been facing a serious illness that – as one Wall Street analyst pointed out earlier – “kills people”.
NBC News got the scoop…
BREAKING: Joe Biden tests negative for the coronavirus, a senior Biden campaign official tells @NBCNews. pic.twitter.com/ZtnCG6n7q8
— MSNBC (@MSNBC) October 2, 2020
…now we wait for the Biden camp to confirm.
