1. The way covid-skeptics will try to spin this story is to say, "If the president can get it, then anyone can. So there's no point to locking down or wearing masks - no bubble can work." Last night, Tucker Carlson and Matt Gaetz tried to make this exact argument.

2. The problem with this argument should be obvious (but apparently is not):

Trump has not been living in a bubble. He didn't follow social distancing rules, regularly met people in person rather than virtually, held rallies indoors, rarely wore masks.

3. Far from being safer from infection than most Americans of his class, Trump's behavior meant that he was much more at risk. There was no bubble - Trump punctured it every day.

4. The fact that he (and, one hopes, the people he came in contact with) were tested regularly doesn't change that. Testing is good for catching and tracing infections quickly - it's not a get-out-of-jail-free card. It doesn't replace the need for masks and social distancing.

5. So the takeaway from Trump getting sick should not be, "If he can get it, anyone can." It should be, "If you don't socially distance and don't wear masks, your chances of getting infected will be much higher."

6. What's especially frustrating about Trump getting sick is that it was totally unnecessary. There are lots of Americans who have to work in person, or are elderly and have caretakers, or live with many others, or have kids in school. Their ability to avoid risk is limited.

7. Trump's ability to avoid risk, by contrast, was immense. He's the president - everyone else would accommodate themselves to him. So he really could have been inside a protective bubble. So none of the risks he took were necessary. He chose to run them.