At least 7 people who attended ACB's nomination ceremony in the Rose Garden on Sep. 26 have since tested positive for coronavirus. But experts say the more risky time spent that day was at a reception inside the White House. Here are some scenes. https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/10/03/us/rose-garden-event-covid.html
The Trump administration doesn't voluntarily disclose White House visitor logs, so —for what it's worth— we used geotagged selfies and observations of Mark Walsh, @crousselle and @JenniferJJacobs to identify at least 70 guests in the Rose Garden during ACB's nomination ceremony.
For those interested in the methodology of identifying guests at ACB's nomination ceremony, here are some ways 👇
One way is to find photos of people at the event through geotagged or hashtagged ( #ConfirmAmy) posts on Twitter and Instagram, and then use visual clues in their immediate surrounding to geolocate their exact seat.
Another option to identify guests could be called the “Where's Waldo” way: find a guest's appearance and attire from a social media photo that day, and try to spot them in reference photos from the event, via e.g. AP or Getty Images.
Perhaps the easiest way is using the observations of reporters on the scene, like @SCOTUSblog's Mark Walsh ( https://www.scotusblog.com/2020/09/a-view-from-the-rose-garden-the-nine), @crousselle and @JenniferJJacobs ( https://twitter.com/JenniferJJacobs/status/1309960420648681478) — and then trying to find them in the audience.
Livestreams are another good source to go through, perhaps you'll see someone familiar. Dr. Scott Atlas, for example, the radiologist and Fox News commentator that was added to Trump's coronavirus taskforce last month.
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