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According to the New York Times, then-United States President Donald Trump’s (74) Covid 19 disease is said to be much more dramatic than the White House had admitted last year. The newspaper reported that Trump’s blood oxygen levels had dropped to critical levels before he was taken to the hospital.
Apparently, the former president’s oxygen levels were so low at times that Trump almost had to be ventilated. Trump has always extremely downplayed his illness. And that although he belongs to the risk group at 74 years old and overweight.
Signs of pneumonia
Trump is also said to have had visible signs of pneumonia on X-rays, as the “New York Times” reported on Thursday (local time). Trump, 74, was airlifted to a military hospital in early October 2020 due to Covid disease.
During a three-day stay there, according to official information, he was treated with Regeneron’s experimental antibody agent, the remdesivir virus inhibitor, and the steroid dexamethasone. The experts saw evidence of a more severe course of the disease in the use of the drugs.
Oxygen saturation below critical value
According to the New York Times, Trump’s oxygen saturation was sometimes only above 80 percent. Experts generally consider less than 90 percent to be a critical condition.
Such a low oxygen saturation is one of the reasons for the use of dexamethasone. The White House officially said that Trump’s saturation had temporarily fallen to 93 percent. (euc / SDA)
