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According to his doctors, US President Donald Trump is increasingly recovering from his coronavirus disease and could return to the White House from the Walter Reed military clinic near Washington on Monday. “The patient is getting better and better. He hasn’t had a fever since Friday morning,” Trump’s doctor, Sean Dooley, told reporters at the hospital Sunday. Trump is under pressure in the election campaign. In polls, he recently lagged further behind rival Joe Biden.
After recently contradicting information about Trump’s condition in recent days, doctors said Sunday that the 74-year-old man had been given oxygen on Thursday and Friday and had also been given the drug dexamethasone. According to studies, this increases the survival rate of clinical Covid-19 patients who require oxygen. In the case of mild courses, however, it should not be administered. Trump himself had said on Twitter that the “real test” was still ahead of him when he was ill.
On Saturday, his doctors were initially “extremely” satisfied with the course of the disease thus far. Trump’s condition was improving and he was already considering when he might return to the White House, he had said. Yet just minutes later, Trump’s chief of staff Mark Meadows told reporters that some of Trump’s values had been troubling over the past 24 hours. The president is not yet clearly on the road to recovery. Meadows did not want to be quoted by name at this time. A few hours later, Meadows told Reuters that Trump was doing very well and that doctors were very satisfied with his vital signs. He did not respond to the discrepancy between his statements. According to an adviser, the president was unhappy with Meadows’ initial statement.
Relapse in favor of the electorate
Meanwhile, Trump fell further in favor of the voters. According to a Reuters / Ipsos poll https://polling.reuters.com on Sunday, his challenger Biden was now ten percentage points ahead of Trump across the United States. However, due to the US electoral system, national polls are of limited informational value.
The most recent poll took place October 2-3, after the news of Trump’s positive corona test. Consequently, 65 percent of those surveyed think that Trump probably would not have gotten sick if he had “taken the corona virus more seriously.” The poll also showed growing dissatisfaction with Trump’s actions against the pandemic. This proportion increased by three points to 57 percent. Only 34 percent of those surveyed assume that Trump is telling the truth about the corona virus.
Trump announced a positive corona test Friday night and was transferred to the military clinic for the day. First Lady Melanie and her campaign manager, Bill Stepien, also tested positive for the virus, as confirmed by the campaign team. Washington reported in quick succession more positive corona tests among politicians and celebrities. Among them were three senators from Trump’s Republican Party.
Contractor Biden Covid-negative
tested negative on Friday, according to his own information, another test was planned for Sunday. Meanwhile, Trump’s campaign team announced that Vice President Mike Pence and his older sons Donald Jr. and Eric would take over campaign appearances in Trump’s place. The television matchup between Pence and Biden’s vice-nominee Kamala Harris should take place on Wednesday as scheduled. The next day, October 8, Pence is said to have made his first appearance for the Trump campaign in Peoria, Arizona. While all of Trump’s Republican appearances were canceled until further notice, Biden (77) continued his election campaign.
If Trump continues to do as well as he did Sunday, “we hope we can plan for discharge to the White House tomorrow,” Brian Garibaldi, another Trump physician, said Sunday in front of Walter Reed Hospital in Bethesda. Washington. Treatment could continue there.
But oxygen supply is necessary
Trump’s personal physician, Sean Conley, admitted that the president’s oxygen levels dropped twice during the course of the illness. The 74-year-old was taken to the military hospital by helicopter on Friday night, less than 24 hours after his positive corona test. Conley said on Sunday that by late Friday morning Trump had a high fever and the oxygen saturation of his blood had dropped below 94 percent. “Given these two advances, I was concerned about the potential for rapid progression of the disease.” Trump received extra oxygen for about an hour. On Saturday, Trump’s oxygen saturation fell back to around 93 percent.
When asked if the president had been given oxygen again, Conley said he should ask the nurses. When Covid-19 attacks the lungs, the body has a lower oxygen supply.
Garibaldi said that due to the temporary drop in oxygen, Trump would be given the steroid dexamethasone in addition to the other drugs. When asked if the infection had affected Trump’s lungs, Conley said: “There are some expected findings, but nothing of great clinical concern.”
Event in the rose garden
Dooley said that all of Trump’s values are stable. Trump received his second infusion of the drug Remdesivir on Saturday without complications: It inhibits an enzyme in viruses that is necessary for them to multiply. Conley had promised five days of remdesivir treatment. On Saturday night, Conley said doctors were cautiously optimistic. But Trump has yet to get over the mountain.
In the aftermath of the Trump infection, the focus is now particularly on a president’s event, which many of those now infected were at: The presentation of conservative attorney Amy Coney Barrett as a candidate for the vacant seat on the Supreme Court on Saturday. a week in the white man’s rose garden. House. More than 100 people gathered there in a small space. In the photos and videos it can be seen that few wore masks or kept their distance. The participants hugged or shook hands.
Many positive people
Corona tests have been positive in at least eight participants since then: in addition to the president and first lady Melania Trump, there are former Trump adviser Kellyanne Conway, Senators Mike Lee and Thom Tillis, the president of the Catholic University of Notre Dame, John Jenkins. former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, and also a journalist. Barrett’s replacement of the judge post should still go according to plan.
Trump said in his video message Saturday night: “When I came here, I didn’t feel so good. Now I feel so much better.” His voice sounded a little thick and he seemed like he was out of breath. “I have to go back because we still have to make America great again,” the president said, referring to his campaign slogan. “I think I’ll be back soon.”
At the same time, Trump defended his approach in recent months, in which he made many public appearances and campaign trips, and often did so without precautionary measures such as wearing a mask. “I had no other choice, I couldn’t stay in the White House,” he said. “As a leader, you have to address the issues.” Looking ahead to the presidential election, Trump said he wanted to “end the campaign as it started.” (Reuters / dpa / apa)
