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Donald Trump has a fever, a cough, and is exhausted.
According to the White House doctors, the president is in a good mood.
But last night the news came that he was taken by helicopter to a military hospital.
On Friday night, Trump’s doctor, Sean P Conley, sent a written statement on the president’s health. He is described as exhausted, but in a good mood. During the day, Trump received an experimental medicine, 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.
At 11:30 pm Swedish time, his helicopter, Marine One, landed in front of the White House to take him to the 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.
The president’s own facilities at Walter Reed have, among other things, their own private intensive care unit.
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.
Several others who participated in Barrett’s nomination tested positive for the virus. Among them are Senator Mike Lee of Utah and John I. Jenkins, executive director of the University of Notre Dame, where Amy Coney Barrett studied.
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 P. 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.
Photo: YURI GRIPAS / POOL VIA CNP / SPL
Donald Trump in front of the White House Thursday night US time.
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