Good morning. I'm James Holman from the Washington Post and this is the Daily

2002 for Friday, May 8th. In today's news, President Trump's valet tests positive for the coronavirus,

sparking fear in the West Wing.

As his administration pushes Remdesevir,

an unequal rollout angers doctors.

And amid the stench of death, some heroes are taking risks to deliver us from desolation.

But first, the big idea.

Julio Ayala first felt the ache in his bones during back-to-back shifts behind the wheel of a

delivery truck and a janitor's mop. By the time he returned to his East Boston

apartment one evening last month, a fever had seized his large

frame. The Salvadoran immigrant called in sick the next day when his long-time partner, E. Dahl Idalia made him food the barrel-chested 45-year-old had

no appetite.

Then Julio lost his sense of smell and taste.

As a cough began to rattle his broad chest, Edalia begged him to get tested for the coronavirus.

In an interview this week she remembered pleading with him,

go to the hospital, please don't stay here.

Each time, however, he refused.

Across the country, thousands of people infected with this lethal virus are staying home even as

their conditions deteriorate. Some are unsure if they have COVID-19 because of a

lack of testing and the evolving list of symptoms linked to the disease.

Others underestimate the toll the illness will take on them.

Yet many stay home not out of confusion or overconfidence, but fear. Fear that

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