West Point graduates were forced to come back for Trump’s speech, and 16 caught coronavirus

[Andy Meek]

• The list of coronavirus cases just got a little bit longer unnecessarily, based on news regarding West Point graduating cadets who have tested positive for the virus.
• West Point, which is north of the coronavirus hotspot of New York City, sent students home earlier this year when the viral outbreak began.
• However, they've been coming back in waves ahead of President Trump's scheduled speech at their graduation ceremony this month -- and several cadets have subsequently caught the coronavirus. Additionally, a few dozen members of the school's faculty and staff have tested positive for the virus, too.

The coronavirus' US toll has gotten a little worse for at least one reason that will strike most people as unnecessary, according to a new USA Today report which found that at least 16 West Point graduating cadets have tested positive for the novel coronavirus.

It's the reason why they tested positive that will seem so unnecessary. West Point -- which is just north of New York City, the major coronavirus hotspot in the US -- had originally closed its campus, sent everyone home, and postponed its graduation ceremony as a response to the COVID-19 virus. But then President Trump at the end of April announced he would speak at this year's graduation. You can probably see where this is going.

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