Mod: There's a lot of confusion coming from the White House right now. Standard situation for that bunch, with an exception. Today they're talking about a president's life, and if he gets to keep it. No one knows.
Trump’s Covid Treatments Are Aimed at Preventing Severe Illness (The New York Timeslink): President Trump will stay at Walter Reed military hospital for an indefinite number of days, his doctor said on Saturday, undergoing a five-day antiviral drug regimen for Covid-19 that indicated his condition might be more serious than had been publicly disclosed. On Thursday, he received another therapy that is still in early phases of testing.Medical experts who have been following the sketchy, conflicting details released by the White House and Walter Reed about the president’s condition were divided about the experimental treatments Mr. Trump, 74, has received. And although they said it was hard to comment on Mr. Trump’s condition or evaluate his treatment given the limited and contradictory information, some said they were worried.
At a news conference on Saturday outside the medical center, Dr. Sean P. Conley, Mr. Trump’s physician, painted a very positive picture of the president’s condition, saying he was doing well, fever-free and not in need of supplemental oxygen.But immediately afterward,
Mark Meadows, the
White House chief of staff, contradicted that assessment and said that
Mr. Trump’s vital signs in the last 48 hours “were very concerning” and that the next two days would be critical.
Many doctors stressed the critical period of time — about seven to 10 days after infection — when a patient’s condition can take a turn for the worse. Some people respond to an infection with an overly exuberant immune response that can worsen their illness and even prove fatal.Dr. Peter Chin-Hong, an infectious disease specialist at the University of California, San Francisco, said he would be surprised if Mr. Trump were feeling better as quickly as Dr. Conley had suggested.
What often happens, he said, is that a patient will be discharged from the hospital but then, a week later, get much worse and have to be readmitted. “What we call ‘
falling off a cliff’ is usually a week to 10 days into the course,” he said.
Mod: More at the link. The two photos released tonight of Trump 'working' were taken minutes apart(Democratic Undergroundlink): Interesting that they're attempting to portray Trump at different times of the day - one without the jacket and another with the jacket (and the fact he's in a different room in the second photo). Why two photos only ten minutes apart? It's an illusion. It makes him look like he's actually working as opposed to being rolled out for a photo-op and sent back to bed because he can barely breathe.
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