Saturday 3 October 2020

How ill is Trump?

Today has seen a mass of questions about Trump's health. The overall verdict from his personal doctor is that he is doing well and all his vital organs are functioning appropriately. But for obvious reasons it's in the country's interest for a positive spin to be put on the president's health. There were suggestions that he had needed an infusion of oxygen but then it was denied. He had not been put on oxygen. In Covid cases that include trouble with breathing it is quite normal for a patient to be fed oxygen. This is not the same as being put on a ventilator. That is a much more serious treatment. Boris Johnson's health deteriorated when he was taken to hospital after catching coronavirus annd was put on oxygen. The doctors at Walter Reed medical centre in Bethesda on the outskirts of Washington are giving so much to Trump right now that it wouldn't surprise me in the least if they decided, as a precaution, to feed him oxygen. It won't do him any harm. As it is they are stuffing him with every imaginable anti-virus drug, some of them still experimental which I would have thought has its risks. They have mentioned Remdesivir, another drug produced by the company Regeneron, zinc, aspirin and Vitamin D. All of which will make him even more lethargic. I'm sure they know what they're doing. Precisely when Trump got the virus is still not clear. What is clear is that a lot of people who have spent close time with the president in recent days are going down with the virus. None of them were wearing masks. Dr Anthony Fauci, the chief virus expert for the White House, will be going mad. He has been trying to get everyone to wear masks for months. Especially Trump. The one big surprise at the moment is that Trump has gone quiet. No tweeting, apart from one 20 minutes ago praising the dpctors and nurses. Have the doctors restricted his use of his phone to keep his heartbeat level? A silent Trump is not a good sign of his state of health. November 3 is exactly one month away!

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