Most importantly, at the White House, those whose fortunes (and ability to stay out of prison) depend upon Trump staying President, will be able to control the messaging about said Bernie/Trump.
Whereas at Walter Reed, there would always be the chance that some of the medical personnel would actually tell the truth about what was going on.
If Trump is flying high on the steroids, that condition might last long enough for him to do a rally or two (spreading infection all the while). But there will be an inevitable crash.
In the ‘balcony scene’ that took place last hour, Trump was visibly catching some breaths through his mouth. There may well be respiratory issues, even with all the medication he was put on to make the Triumphant Return to the White House look, well, triumphant.
It seems likely that Trump’s condition will deteriorate. But at the White House, the adult kids will be able to keep that information from voters for a long, long time.
I agree with you here but I was just pointing out that if they remain asymptomatic, the quarantine is for 10 days for those who test positive, 14 days for those who test negative.Trust me, I have written many many return to work letters for my patients.
If you continue to have no symptoms, you can be with others after 10 days have passed since you had a positive viral test for COVID-19.
Yes. It seems following the guidelines is the exception.
Trump is king of dumb luck and may do just fine. But crumping within the week would not surprise. Early on my impression was that many seemed to improve several days in before getting much worse. Not sure how much that’s panned out. But I’d be quite surprised by the lack of clinical worsening by next week.
I’ve not been on dexamethasone, but I have been on prednisone many times. It felt like I imagine amphetamines would feel: hyper, racing heart, insomnia, mood swings. I hate all those things, so I call it The Devil’s Drug. I predict many tweets tonight, as I doubt DJT will get much sleep. I suspect he’ll keep others awake, too: “I’m fine! I feel great! Nevernevernevernever felt this great! COVID makes you feel ALIVE! Sosososososososo alive! We should bottle this COVID stuff! Call it Trump Juice! Everyone wants Trump Juice!”
More VIP treatment that kills VIPs. Story goes (from someone I consider reliable for this) that Andy Warhol died in part because he was being cared for by a private nurse in a private portion of the hospital. When the code was called the team had no idea where that location was … maybe getting there in the usual rapid time wouldn’t have mattered but several extra minutes didn’t help. A regular patient would have had them there in an instant.
If I get sick please save me from any special treatment.
…well, no, what you actually said is that “Let me just say that in this case the Senators are correct.” But they can’t be correct. They can’t know now what the length of self-isolation will be. And the CDC guidelines are merely guidelines, and I don’t think they are best practice, and it certainly isn’t the way we do it down here.
In New Zealand if you test positive for Covid-19 you are moved into managed isolation along with anyone in your immediate bubble who may not have tested positive yet. That’s a far cry from being able to mix with people after 10 days and you don’t need to take a test. There is a reason why the CDC protocols aren’t as robust.
So, assuming Trump ever had Covid to begin with, and I don’t know what to believe right now, quite frankly… I assume he won’t be let into the next presidential debate on October 15 on the “honor system” like last time? What if they have to postpone because Trump isn’t cleared? What if he’s back in the hospital by that time?