Donald Trump is taken to a military hospital

Of: Johan edgar

Published: 02 October 2020 at 23.30
Updated: October 03, 2020 at 04.49

Donald Trump has a fever, a cough, and is exhausted.

Late Friday night, the president was airlifted to a military hospital.

It was said last night that he and several others may have had a super spreader during the Amy Coney Barrett ceremony.

On Friday night, Trump’s doctor, Sean Conley, sent a written statement on the president’s health. He is described as exhausted, but in a good mood. On Friday, Trump received an experimental drug, a cocktail of two different monoclonals. antibodies, intravenously as a preventive measure.

The drug is developed by the biotech company Regeneron, which as recently as Tuesday stated that they have achieved positive results from experiments with the drug. Trump also received zinc, vitamin D, and regular headache tablets.

Later that night, word came that Trump was being taken to Walter Reed Medical Center. According to the information, from there he will work for the next few days to be under the supervision of a doctor.

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Donald Trump gave the go-ahead when he left the White House to be transferred to the hospital.

At 11:30 pm Swedish time, his helicopter, Marine One, landed in front of the White House to take him to the hospital. Less than an hour later, the helicopter took off with the president on board. He did not stop and spoke to the press in front of the White House. He walked to the helicopter in a suit and mouth guard and contented himself with raising his thumb. After a few minutes in the air, Marine One landed in front of Walter Reed Hospital.

“To be safe and on the advice of his doctors and medical experts, the president will be working from his office in Walter Reed for the next few days,” White House press secretary Kayleigh Mc Enany said in a statement.

According to CNN, Trump’s own fear of the disease is in part behind the dramatic decision to take him to the hospital.

The president’s own facilities at Walter Reed have, among other things, their own private intensive care unit.

When the helicopter landed on Walter Reed, the president tweeted a greeting video taken just before, thanking him for all the support and telling him he was heading to the hospital.

– I think I’m fine, he says in the 18-second video.

According to sources from the New York Times, Trump’s symptoms should be a low fever, a stuffy nose and a cough. According to the doctor’s statement, his wife Melania has a mild cough and headache.

Mark the ceremony

News that Trump and his wife tested positive for the virus came overnight through Friday. Five days have passed since the grand ceremony in the White House rose garden when Trump presented Amy Coney Barrett as his candidate for the empty seat on the Supreme Court.

There are many indications that it was during the ceremony that Donald and Melania Trump were infected, writes the New York Times. Many people were present during the ceremony and few wore mouth guards or practiced social distancing, the newspaper writes.

About ten people who participated in Barrett’s nomination tested positive for the virus. Among them are several Republican senators and John I. Jenkins, executive director of the University of Notre Dame, where Amy Coney Barrett studied. Late Saturday night, former Trump adviser Kellyanne Conway, who attended the ceremony, also announced that she tested positive for the virus and had mild symptoms.

– They may have had a super spreader, says Sanjay Gupta, CNN medical expert on his own TV channel.

According to the Swedish Public Health Agency database on covid-19, it also states that the normal incubation period before showing symptoms is about five days.

Supervised by experts

In the official statement on Donald Trump’s condition, White House physician Sean Conley writes that the president is now being monitored by a team of experts and together they will formulate recommendations for the next step for the president and his wife.

Bloomberg has spoken with several experts about the president’s health status and how the general care landscape is around a 74-year-old man with mild symptoms.

According to William Schaffner, an infectious disease specialist at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, there are no special efforts for Trump’s mild symptoms. Fever and cough can usually be treated at home, even for someone infected at the age of the president. It is important to drink properly and avoid dehydration.

– We are concerned about the president because he is older, portly and masculine and the three things in combination mean a greater risk of serious illness for him, he tells Bloomberg.

Day eight is important

He says the next few days are important to see if the symptoms get worse.

Trump is likely to be under surveillance for at least a week because COVID-19 is a two-part disease, according to Helen Boucher, head of the infectious diseases department at a Boston hospital, who also spoke to Bloomberg.

She believes that the vast majority have mild or no symptoms.

– But a very small proportion become ill around day eight, the week after infection. Your cough or fever will get worse and your blood oxygenation will decrease. These are the people who end up in the hospital. And of this group, an even smaller portion are getting sick enough to end up in the intensive care unit, Helen Boucher tells Bloomberg.

– We know that among people who become seriously ill, it occurs between days eight and ten.

Hugh Cassiere, director of North Shores University Hospital, says President Trump is at risk of receiving excessive treatment because of his office, which could be a danger in itself.

– You will probably receive what we call VIP treatment, more care than recommended. There may be a tendency to do more than necessary, for natural reasons, and it’s not always a good thing, she tells Blomberg.

Published: 02 October 2020 at 23.30