BREAKING: Trump's physician says the President has been symptom-free for 24 hours

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White House physician Sean Conley said in a memorandum on Wednesday that President Donald Trump had not shown any symptoms of COVID-19 for 24 hours.

"I feel great!" said Trump this morning, according to Conley.

"He's been fever-free for more than 4 days, symptom-free for more than 24 hours, and he hasn't needed or received any additional oxygen since the initial hospitalization," Conley said to the President.

The doctor's memo also noted that the president had detectable levels of antibodies that are proteins that the body creates to fight off the virus.

On Thursday — six days ago, Trump was diagnosed with COVID-19. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says that it usually takes one to three weeks after your body's infection to make antibodies. It's not clear why Trump would have antibodies at this point, but the experimental antibody cocktail he was given could be linked.

The President was transferred to Walter Reed Medical Center on Friday as his condition deteriorated and spent the weekend in the hospital. Beyond the antibody cocktail, the President was given additional oxygen and steroids generally used in severe cases of the virus.

Trump left the hospital on Monday and simultaneously downplayed the threat of COVID-19, despite receiving treatment that was largely unavailable to most Americans. The President has consistently reduced the dangers of COVID-19, which experts say has contributed to the spiraling out of control of the US outbreak.

More than a dozen people in Trump's orbit have also tested positive for COVID-19, including a number of his top assistants and First Lady Melania Trump.

Prior to contracting the virus, Trump routinely flouted public health recommendations such as wearing a mask or a face-cover.

Less than a week before his diagnosis, Trump held what seemed to be a super-spreader event at the White House to announce his nominee to the Supreme Court. The attendees did not have a social distance and could be seen without masks. Top public health experts have repeatedly said that wearing a mask or a face cover is the strongest tool available to prevent the virus.

Recent surveys have shown that the majority of Americans say that Trump did not do enough to avoid getting COVID-19 and acted irresponsibly to manage the risk of coronavirus infection in people near him.

Trump urges that he be allowed to work again from the Oval Office, despite the rules of isolation. White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows said on Wednesday that they would implement protocols to ensure safety.

"If he decides to go to the Oval, we have safety protocols there that are not only from the PPE point of view but also from the point of view of ventilation, open where we can actually work to that end," Meadows told reporters, ABC News.

 

Publish : 2020-10-08 00:05:09

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