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Ignoring warnings about contagion risks, US President Donald Trump went to work in the Oval Room on Wednesday boasting of overcoming covid-19 six days after testing positive.
“I think actually it was a blessing from God to have infected me “said the president, almost euphoric, standing in front of one of the most famous offices in the world, in a video posted on Twitter.
A MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT! pic.twitter.com/uhLIcknAjT
– Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 7, 2020
Asked a few minutes later about these statements, his Democratic rival in the November 3 elections, Joe Biden was outraged.
“I think it is a tragedy that the president talks about the covid as if it were something he should not worry about when more than 210,000 Americans have died ”for that, he launched.
Wearing his iconic red tie, Trump attributed his health condition to experimental synthetic antibody therapy that was administered to him. And he promised, without going into details, that this treatment would be readily available “free”.
“I want everyone to have the same treatment as your presidentBecause I feel great, I feel perfectly fine! ”, he emphasized.
The behavior of the head of state, criticized for months for his management of the pandemic, is further scrutinized when the coronavirus cases among employees, advisers and journalists in the White House.
According to a senior official, Trump was with an “extremely limited” number of advisers At the office. And he entered through the door that leads to the gardens, so as not to cross the corridors of the West Wing, the presidential office area of the mansion.
“I was just informed about Hurricane Delta,” Trump tweeted, eager to show the country his dedication to office, 27 days before an election that promises to be very difficult for him against Biden, the leader in the polls.
Trump already sparked controversy by returning to the White House Monday night after spending three days in a hospital outside of Washington.
In a triumphal staging broadcast live on television, the 74-year-old president got off the helicopter Marine One and climbed the stairs to the balcony of his residence.
There, he removed his mask and gave a thumbs-up in a strangely defiant gesture.
“Do not be afraid of the covid”, had tweeted a few hours earlier from the hospital, causing consternation in the medical community.
The United States had an average of 700 deaths a day last week.
“It’s China’s fault”
Surprisingly, the White House tenant admitted for the first time that a covid-19 vaccine, which he has repeatedly announced as imminent, would likely not be available before the polls.
“I think we should have it before the elections, but if politics gets involved, it doesn’t matter (…) it will be right after the elections,” he said, before hold Beijing accountable once again for the virus appeared in the Chinese city of Wuhan late last year.
“It is China’s fault, China will pay a high price for what they have done to this country (…) for what they have done to the world, ”he said.
For now, according to the White House doctor, Trump’s health is a little more reassuring every day.
“Has not had a fever for more than four days and has had no symptoms for more than 24 hours, “White House physician Sean Conley said in a brief report.
However, the report began with an unusual formula, further reinforcing the questions about the communication of this issue by the medical team: “The president this morning says’ I feel great!”
Conley said the latest analysis of samples taken Monday revealed traces of COVID-19 antibodies that were undetectable Thursday night, when the diagnostic test came back positive.
For virologist Florian Krammer, from the Icahn School of Medicine in New York, these results are not necessarily very significant at this time.
“It is quite possible that most of the antibodies detected came from transfusion,” he told AFP.
Trump was treated with an experimental therapy against covid-19: synthetic antibodies developed by the Regeneron laboratory.
Injected into a patient’s body, these synthetic antibodies can fuse into the virus to neutralize it, as the immune system is supposed to do.
For biologist Michael Buchmeier, professor at the University of California, the presence of these antibodies at this stage could also mean that the infection “has been present in the patient for longer than announced.”
The White House says Trump tested positive for COVID-19 on Thursday, October 1, but continues to refuse to say when the last previous test was.
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