On Saturday, the US president’s doctors gave an update on his health. “He is in good shape and is not being ventilated,” he said. But the press conference also raised a lot of questions.
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According to his doctors, the president was positively diagnosed as early as 72 hours ago. The announcement that he tested positive for Covid-19 came just 36 hours ago.
“Everything is going well for the president after a first night in the hospital. His liver and kidney functions are unaffected and he is not being ventilated, ”said Dr. Sean Conley during the short press conference on Saturday. However, journalists had a lot of questions about artificial respiration because it was not entirely clear whether he needed to be ventilated the day before or if he needed it. Initially, Dr. Sean Conley danced around the question, only to answer that “the president is not currently on artificial respiration, and neither was yesterday and Thursday.”
However writes The Associated Press Saturday that the president was actually ventilated, even before he was taken to hospital.
Worrying condition
But it wasn’t just the vagueness around the President’s ventilator that raised questions. It is 72 hours after his diagnosis. The first week of Covid – especially days seven to ten – are the most crucial days in determining the course of the disease, ”said Dr. Sean Conley as he spoke. Trump did not announce his positive test until Friday morning, some 36 hours ago.
A White House spokesman says the doctor has spoken out, meaning Trump is now on Day 3 of his infection. Something that Dr. Conley also confirms in a note a little later: ‘I wrongly spoke of “72 hours” instead of “day 3”, and “48 hours” instead of “day 2”.’
That Trump’s condition is so good is also contradicted by a source who is aware of Trump’s situation, but remains anonymous. He told the journalists who follow the White House that the president’s health has been very worrying for the past 24 hours and that the next 48 are crucial. The latter also says Mark Meadows, the White House chief of staff.
However, his doctors said on Saturday that the president no longer has a fever and there is no reason to worry. The president was taken to hospital as a precaution. And we are very pleased with the progress he has made, ”he said. His doctor was again vague about exactly how much fever the president had.
Not home yet
Although the president is said to have said this morning that he felt ready to leave the hospital, it seems that an exact date has not yet been set for his discharge from the hospital. The president will be treated with the virus inhibitor remdesivir for another five days.
President Trump announced on Twitter after the press conference that the doctors and nurses at the Walter Reed Medica Center are incredible. “Their help makes me feel good,” Trump emphasizes.
