Secret Service agents tracking Trump positive for coronavirus. Virologist Fauci: “Don’t let me comment on the president’s elections”

While of White House positive news about the president’s health keeps coming Donald trump, who could be discharged today after an evaluation by the doctors of the Walter Reed Hospitalexplodes controversy after the decision of Magnate leave the facilities to greet your followers, who came to show their support. In the Italian afternoon the news arrived, relaunched by Cnn, that some of the secret service agents who accompanied Trump on his recent (and discouraged) trips have proved positive for coronavirus. Meanwhile, the outbreak that broke out inside the White House widens: even the spokesman Kaleigh McEnany announced it was positive, raising the number of infected Trump circle members to 11.

The Car Trip Outside the Hospital: “Dangerous Action and Message”
News that represents a new and hard blow for credibility of the president on coronavirus, already weakened by the pandemic minimization and its subsequent contagion. Also because, now, to raise their voices are some members of the Secret Service, forced to work harder to cover the absences of those who ended up in isolation: “It shouldn’t have happened”, denounced an agent on duty after yesterday’s show and stressed that the two colleagues who were in the car with the president were not asked quarantine. “I would not like to be with them,” she added. “There frustration for the way they treat us when making decisions about this disease that started the day before yesterday. We are not disposable merchandise. We cannot say no, ”adds another agent, now retired, and explains that colleagues can only refuse to carry out activities that create danger for the president, but not for themselves. News that forced the White House to specify that they have been adopted “appropriate measures to act to protect the president and his supporters, including protection devices. The medical team has given the green light to move safely ”.

But doctors at Walter Reed Hospital are not getting positive reactions. James Phillips, who is also in charge of disaster medicine in George Washington University, on Twitter he talked about a “Madness” who exposed the bodyguards who were with him in the car to infection: “They can get sick, they can die”he said, all for him “Political theater” of the president. “Was a dangerous move -added-, in addition to the risk that Secret Service agents have been exposed to, whether they have done it voluntarily or not, the message that is sent to other patients is that it’s ok to go out“The masks help, but they are not an impenetrable fort,” added the director of the Institute for Global Health at Yale University. Saad Omer.

On the climate within the American security, he had already written the Washington Post in recent hours, speaking of agents increasingly concerned about their indifference commander in chief so that the rules of protection are adopted in public. Everyone was dismayed by Trump’s propaganda gesture, writes the Send citing well-informed sources. “Now he doesn’t even pretend he cares (to the health of those close to you, ed), ”One of the agents told the newspaper after Trump’s catwalk.

The controversy also intervened immediately Democrats, with the group leader in the House of Representatives, Hakeem jeffries, who criticized the president. “More than 205,000 Americans have died. We need leadership, no photo opportunityHe wrote on Twitter.

Fauci: “Don’t let me comment on these options”
Asked by Cnn, the virologist ‘in chief’ Anthony FauciContrary to the presidential line since the beginning of the pandemic, he avoided commenting on Trump’s latest actions: “Don’t make me talk about this, don’t make me comment. I am not involved and, I repeat, I do not want to talk about the president’s case because it is not something that I am authorized to talk about and I am not involved in the president’s care.

Generally speaking, the virologist recalled that “the guidelines indicate that a person who has symptoms can safely leave after 10 days from the appearance of the first symptoms, usually the virus is gone and studies have shown that these people in general are no longer contagious ”.

Media: “Trump hid his positivity after a first test”
But the controversy surrounding the president does not stop there. According to some US media, Trump, before appearing in the Fox for an interview, I had already done a test that was positive, ma kept it a secret, making the news of the infection public only after the second swab. In that short span of time, the Magnate He continued to fulfill his commitments, in contact with his staff. Trump, in fact, had asked keep quiet in his first test, so much so that not even the head of his electoral campaign, Bill stepien, knew that the close collaborator, Hope hicks, tested positive Thursday morning.

The first concern of the president, for the moment, however, is not to lose contact with the citizenry, continue to appear and remain at the center of the political debate, less than a month before the vote against the Democratic candidate. Joe biden. The disease, for him, comes at the worst time, in full swing election campaign, when one more appearance can make the difference between reelection or the end of the presidential adventure. Trump knows it and that is why while his opponent continues to act rallies and release interviews, takes advantage of the power of his Twitter profile with messages and videos in which on the one hand he tries to reassure his health conditions and, on the other, he tries to carry out an electoral campaign ‘remotely’, aware that his positivity represents a hard blow to his image as a strong man who has minimized the risks of the coronavirus in recent months.

The president’s fears before the vote
And the last polls seem to confirm these concerns: according to a survey Nbc-Wall Street Journal, Joe Biden is ahead of ben 14 points nationally, 53% to 39%. This is the highest margin recorded by the polls of the two newspapers throughout the campaign, with an increase of eight points compared to the previous one to the controversial television debate.

Trump tries to take cover with short messages to make voters prefer the Republican candidate: “Vote for your favorite president or say goodbye to low taxes and gun rights!”, “The stock market is going up. Vote! “,” Stronger armed forces. Vote! “,” Low and order. Vote! “,” Religious freedom. Vote! “,” The biggest tax cut in history and another one to come. Rate it! “And he hopes that next year will be” the best of all. Vote, vote, vote. “

It remains to be seen whether he will actually be discharged today, as the medical staff treating him announced yesterday. The doubts are concentrated in the new treatment to which he was subjected, namely the “steroid therapy to prevent inflammation. “As confirmed by several US media outlets, it is a” life-saving “drug that is more serious cases of Covid patients and that acts against the cytokine storm, triggered by an excessive immune response in patients. The University of Oxford was the first to discover its effectiveness, so much so that last June the WHO urged to increase its production. The need for steroids like dexamethasone, therefore, combined with the high fever that the president had before admission and the two cases of oxygen crisis confirmed by his personal physician, suggests that in the last few hours he really risked his life. All hypotheses, since medical bulletins Posted by Walter Reed in recent days have often been fluctuating, if not contradictory. Doctors initially boasted optimism about their actual health conditions, without telling the millions of American citizens who have twice been forced to administer oxygen to its president. There was also no clarity on the fever, until a source within the White House (later identified in Mark Meadows) informed the press that “the vital functions of Trump were very worrying ”. At that time, your personal physician, Sean Conley, was forced to confirm that “the president not out of the woods yet“Until last night, when the new course change occurred.

Support ilfattoquotidiano.it: I never eat right now
we need you.

In these weeks of pandemic, journalists, if we do our job conscientiously, we do a public service. Also for this reason, every day here at ilfattoquotidiano.it we are proud to offer hundreds of new content for free to all citizens: news, exclusive insights, expert interviews, surveys, videos and much more. All this work, however, comes at great financial cost. Advertising, at a time when the economy is stagnant, offers limited income. Not in line with the access boom. That is why I ask those who read these lines to support us. Give us a minimum contribution, equal to the price of a cappuccino per week, which is essential for our work.
Become a support user by clicking here.

Thank you
Peter gomez

THANKS FOR READING NOW XX ITEMS THIS MONTH.

But now we are the ones who need you. Because our work has a cost. We are proud to be able to offer hundreds of new content to all citizens for free every day. But advertising, at a time when the economy is stagnant, offers limited revenue. Not in line with the boom in access to ilfattoquotidiano.it. That is why I ask you to support us, with a minimum contribution, equal to the price of one cappuccino per week. A small but fundamental sum for our work. Give us a hand!
Become a support user!

With gratitude
Peter gomez

Support now