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Trump was hospitalized on Friday
After suffering severe symptoms of covid-19, such as a high fever and drops of oxygen in the blood that forced him to receive supplemental oxygen and to be taken by helicopter to Walter Reed military hospital four days ago, US President Donald Trump seems convinced that who has already won the battle against disease.
This Monday (10/05), he announced via Twitter that he would be discharged from the hospital later that day and wrote: “Don’t be afraid of covid-19. Don’t let it dominate your lives.”
I’ll be leaving the great Walter Reed Medical Center today at 6:30 pm I feel really good! Don’t be afraid of Covid. Don’t let it rule your life. We have developed, under the Trump Administration, some really great drugs and knowledge. I feel better than 20 years ago!
– Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 5, 2020
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The president’s publication is being sent to a population severely affected by the pandemic and which has already lost nearly 210,000 people to the new coronavirus, four times more deaths than those caused by the Vietnam War.
“Or … don’t fear the coronavirus if you’re the president of the United States with access to the best care, drugs and experimental treatments,” said Dana Bash, CNN’s Washington DC policy correspondent.
In his treatment thus far, Trump has received two types of experimental monoclonal antibodies, the antiviral remdesivir and the corticosteroid dexamethasone, which are used only in severe cases of COVID-19. He also needed supplemental oxygen.
The team of health professionals in charge of Trump’s care consisted of 13 doctors and nurses, led by Sean Conley, the official Navy physician responsible for the president’s primary care.
In addition to the experimental drugs he had access to and the possibility of being transferred by helicopter to the hospital after two incidents of falling blood saturation on Friday (02/10), Trump was installed in a large hospital department, with several environments. , and equipped with a double bed, dining table, leather armchairs and work desk.
Nothing like the bed made up of a stretcher and a sideboard, separated from the rest by sheets of sheets, in large hospital wards, which a good part of the 7.3 million patients with covid-19 in the United States had to face.
The Washington Post, Jeanne Marrazzo, an infectious disease specialist at the University of Alabama, said that the privileged situation of the president and other patients of high social status “reflects the inequalities inherent in our health system.”
“We know that VIPs (very important people) receive extraordinary care; our health system already distinguishes people considered deserving of the highest level of care, and that is the fact and reality in our society,” he said.
Misinformation about the president’s status
Since the diagnosis was announced, in the early hours of Friday (10/02), President Trump’s actual health conditions have been a mystery. That’s because different White House sources have given contradictory accounts of the president’s health status or claimed things that Trump’s images did not support.
Even on Friday, when he was taken to the hospital, the White House said the move was the result of “an abundance of precautions.”
Conley, the president’s doctor, said Trump was in a good mood. The symptoms would be mild. However, in a video in which he spoke to the nation on Friday, minutes before taking the helicopter to the hospital, Trump appeared visibly dejected, pale and tired before the cameras, contradicting the official narrative.
On Saturday morning, Conley declined to report Trump’s fever or need for supplemental oxygen, saying the president was “very well.”
In a confusing and tense interview, he said that the diagnosis had been made 72 hours before that time, advancing the discovery of the disease by almost 36 hours in relation to the announcement of Trump’s positive test for covid-19. Hours later, in a note, the doctor said he was confused about the dates and wanted to talk about “day 3” and not “72 hours.”
At the words of medical professionals, Mark Meadows, the White House chief of staff, approached reporters to say the exact opposite of what Conley had said minutes earlier.
According to Meadows, “the president’s vital signs in the last 24 hours were worrying” and the road to full recovery was not yet paved, the next 48 hours “would be critical.” Meadows intended to make statements to the press without identifying himself, so as not to enrage Trump, who had instructed his team not to open details about his actual status. But a connected television camera broadcast the Meadows words live over the Internet.
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Trump took a walk Sunday to thank supporters who went to the hospital
This forced Dr. Conley to review his statements.
On Sunday morning he admitted that the president had a “high fever” and at least two drops of saturation, needing extra oxygen. And he announced that Trump had started treatment with the corticosteroid dexamethasone, which is used only in severe cases since it acts as an immunosuppressant and can worsen the condition of patients with mild symptoms.
According to the doctor, his initial intention was not to share false information, but to spread an “optimistic” attitude towards his patient’s prognosis. However, he declined to report on the state of the president’s lungs and whether he would have developed pneumonia as a result of the virus.
Visibly more open to the videos he shared and the frequency with which he posted on social media, Trump even walked around the hospital late Sunday afternoon to greet his supporters who were guarding the scene.
The president’s improvement was accompanied by his pressure to get out of the hospital and resume his campaign for reelection, 29 days before the elections. In addition to the alleged boredom, Trump saw two national polls emerge on Sunday that showed rival Joe Biden’s margin of advantage over him by seven to ten percentage points.
It is in this context that the rise occurs this Monday. According to Conley, Trump can return to the White House because he has not had a fever in the last 72 hours and maintains good oxygen levels.
But the doctor said that the president would be accompanied 24 hours a day by a health team at his official residence. And he asked for a law to protect patient information so as not to comment on other details about the president’s situation. For Americans, there are Trump’s words (“I feel better than 20 years ago”), and the anticipation of what they will see in the coming days.
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First lady Melania Trump has also been infected and is being treated at the White House
More than 10 people nearby infected
First lady Melania Trump also received a positive diagnosis last Thursday.
She remains in the White House and, according to the couple’s doctors, “is doing very well.”
In recent days, more than 10 people close to the president have been diagnosed with covid-19. Among them are Trump’s personal assistant, Nick Luna, his campaign coordinator, Bill Stepien, and his campaign adviser, former Gov. Chris Christie.
On Monday (05/10), White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany reported on Twitter that she also tested positive for the disease.
US Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden has been tested twice since Trump’s announcement, with a negative diagnosis both times. They were together last Tuesday (09/29), in the first debate of the presidential race.
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