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Donald Trump has indicated that he is not completely free of coronavirus, raising concern about a mass demonstration he is planning.
The president of the United States has revealed that he was tested for the coronavirus on Friday and, although he did not know the exact results, he was “at the bottom of the scale or free” of the infection.
He expected to be tested again on Saturday.
But critics have reacted quickly, saying they didn’t know there was a “scale” for the virus and questioning whether it is contagious.
Trump, eager to get back into the election campaign, has announced a “law and order” speech in front of a crowd on the South Lawn of the White House and a rally back in Florida.
“Please Mr. President, do not travel to Florida for a political demonstration while infected with # COVID19,” Florida Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services Nikki Fried wrote on Twitter.
“That is an unnecessary risk to life for Floridians and those around them.
Trump spoke about his ongoing recovery on Tucker Carlson Tonight on Fox News Friday night.
The president of the United States appeared in his first interview on camera since he was hospitalized with the infection a week ago, but he still did not go into detail about the questions that have been asked the White House for days: what were the results? of your lung scans and when was the last time you tested negative?
The president was pressured about his experience with the virus in what was touted as a “medical exam” with Fox News contributor Dr. Mark Siegel.
Trump’s doctor has repeatedly refused to provide details on aspects of the president’s health, including the results of chest scans and when he had his last negative test.
Siegel pressed Trump about the scans in the interview.
“They tested the lungs,” Trump said.
“They tested the lungs. They have an amazing team at Walter Reed. In fact, they said, ‘No, you can leave your jacket.’ I said, ‘I’ll take it off anyway, if you want.’
“Initially I had some congestion there, but in the end it worked and got better with each day,” he continued, without going into more detail.
Earlier this week, Dr. Sean Conley struggled to tell reporters how they could ensure the safety of Trump and that of White House employees and aides if the last time he tested negative was not revealed.
White House officials have also declined to respond, but the details could help determine the course of the president’s illness and when it may have been contagious.
Critics say the White House’s refusal to respond makes it hard not to wonder what they are hiding, given other details they have shared.
Trump told Fox News that he was “drug-free” as of Friday and that he felt “very, very strong,” though he admitted he did not initially feel that way.
“What were your two most prominent symptoms?” Siegel asked the president.
“I didn’t feel strong, I didn’t feel really strong. I had no trouble breathing, which a lot of people have, I had no problem with that,” Trump said of his hospitalization at Walter. Reed National Military Medical Center.
“But I didn’t feel very strong, I didn’t feel very vital as the president of the United States should feel,” he continued.
When Trump left the hospital, he said he could have left earlier because he felt better than in a long time.
“Don’t let it dominate. Don’t let it take over your lives. Don’t let that happen,” he said at the time.
The Fox News appearance was the president’s first televised interview since he was diagnosed with Covid-19 exactly a week ago.
Trump first spoke about his four-day stay at Walter Reed, describing having a “sore throat” and feeling fatigued. He credited early action for his quick recovery.
Trump was treated with an experimental cocktail of drugs like Regeneron, which are not yet approved for widespread use, but he promised to make them available to the American people.
Trump said doctors wanted to keep him under observation.
“You know, they wanted to be sure it was good. But … I was there, I guess, three and a half days. They wanted to keep me. I wanted to leave after the first day. I really felt like I wasn’t in bad shape. After the first day, I think. I would have been a lot worse if I hadn’t taken this [Regeneron] medicine.”
On Thursday night, Conley said the president had completed his treatment and authorized him to return to public office.
The president faced criticism last weekend after he briefly left Walter Reed on Sunday to greet supporters who had gathered outside the medical center.
“I could hear them from the hospital,” Trump recalled.
“He was very high. And, you know, [I’m in] this heavily fortified military hospital that, you know, is built to the highest standards. And yet through these mighty windows, I could hear people screaming and screaming and with love, with real love.
“And after two days, I said, ‘You know, I want to go out and greet people.’ And I went to the Secret Service. And these are the people who are with me all the time. And they said, ‘We don’t have a problem, sir.’ I said, ‘I just want to take a walk with them and just say hi. And you saw what happened.
“It was a great show of love. I don’t think there is a single negative person, and there were many, many, many people.”
Siegel, 64, is an associate professor of medicine at NYU Langone Medical Center and did not treat the president during his ordeal with the coronavirus.
The doctor, who is a Fox News medical contributor, has also come under fire for his comments on the pandemic after stating in March that “there was no reason to believe that it is actually more troublesome or deadly than influenza.”
Siegel also called the World Health Organization, a UN body since condemned for failing to crack down on the origins of the plague in Wuhan, China, a group of “alarmists” and “saber rattles.”
Siegel asked Trump where he thought he had contracted the virus after a week of traveling across the country.
Earlier Friday, Dr. Anthony Fauci, head of the government task force on coronavirus, called Amy Coney Barrett’s Rose Garden confirmation as Trump’s candidate for Trump’s Supreme Court a “wide-spread event.” .
“They had some big events at the White House. I’m not sure,” the president said.
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