Verbatim: Students react to Trump’s COVID-19 diagnosis
October 8, 2020
Following President Donald Trump’s COVID-19 diagnosis announcement on Friday, Palo Alto High School students discuss their reactions and thoughts on its potential impacts on the 2020 presidential election.
![Economics teacher Eric Bloom encourages students to return their textbooks for the end of the year. According to Bloom, students might have recognized his unique fashion choices including vibrant shoes and belt buckles. Bloom said his attire choices actually linked to his lessons. "I have a lot of shoes, I have a lot of belt buckles and wear them purpose because of its educational value," Bloom said. "Especially in the earlier part of my career when we would talk about product differentiation, I had an assignment where students go home and count how many different kinds of shoes [they have]."](https://palyvoice.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Untitled-6-1-300x214.jpg)