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- The president of the United States, Donald Trump, has resumed the electoral campaign after his illness.
- His fans celebrated it in the US state of Florida in a one-hour performance in Florida.
“I feel so strong,” Trump said Monday night (local time) in Sanford, near Orlando. Like the weekend, the 74-year-old emphasized that he is now immune. “I will kiss everyone in this audience. I will kiss the boys and the beautiful women (…). I’ll give you all a big, fat kiss. ”Florida is a potentially crucial state for the November 3 presidential election.
Personal physician says Trump is no longer contagious
Trump’s personal physician, Sean Conley, had previously announced that several rapid corona tests on “consecutive days” had been negative for Trump. In addition to the antigen tests, other laboratory data was also used to determine that the president was no longer contagious. When Trump first tested negative and how often was unclear. Conley also didn’t explain why Trump apparently was not tested with the commonly performed PCR method, which is considered more reliable compared to antigen testing.
Due to his corona infection, which became known in early October, Trump had to abruptly suspend his campaign appearances. He was treated for three days at a military hospital near Washington.
Trump refrained from wearing a mask on his trip to Florida, as photos of the departure show. Since the pandemic began, the Republican has rarely shown mouth and nose protection in public.
Trump returns to campaign mode
“A normal life, that’s all we want,” Trump said in front of his supporters. He claimed that his Democratic challenger Joe Biden would end the recovery from the crisis, delay a vaccine and prolong the pandemic. Furthermore, Biden wants a “draconian and unscientific lockdown” for Florida. In reality, Biden promises to contain the pandemic with a national strategy, following the advice of scientists and health experts to protect people. He repeatedly emphasizes the importance of masks.
Biden criticized Trump on Monday not only for his handling of the pandemic as a whole. “His ruthless personal behavior since his diagnosis has not been scrupulous,” Biden said during an appearance in the disputed state of Ohio.
Dispute with expert Anthony Fauci
Meanwhile, the dispute between Trump’s campaign team and American health expert Anthony Fauci continued. The immunologist made it clear on CNN that he did not want to be used to advertise Trump in the election campaign. The election campaign team should no longer use a commercial for which Fauci’s statements were used without his consent and inconsistently. “I think it’s really unfortunate and really disappointing that they did that,” Fauci said.
The immunologist also criticized the election campaign events that Trump wants to avoid this week: In the next few days, Trump will travel to Pennsylvania, Iowa, North Carolina, Georgia and again to Florida. “We know that this brings problems,” Fauci said facing the gatherings of a lot of people without a mask, as is usual in Trump appearances.
