UPDATE #3: Maybe leaving the hospital today was not the best idea:
Trump looks like he is gasping for air pic.twitter.com/4k2v4Jxlir
— Brennan Murphy (@brenonade) October 5, 2020
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UPDATE #2: President Trump has left the building, departing Walter Reed Hospital and returning to the White House.
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UPDATE: As The New York Times reports, President Trump isn’t getting a “sympathy bump” in the polls in large part because Americans think he could have avoided getting COVID-19:
Polls by Ipsos/Reuters and YouGov/Yahoo conducted on Friday and Saturday found that most Americans feel the president hadn’t been taking the coronavirus seriously, in terms of policy or personal conduct, and that he could have avoided getting sick.
Both polls also showed Joseph R. Biden Jr. maintaining his national lead over Mr. Trump. The Ipsos/Reuters poll showed Mr. Biden up by 10 percentage points — one point higher than in its last several national polls, including one from after last Tuesday’s first presidential debate.
The poll found that nearly two-thirds of Americans, including half of Republicans, think Mr. Trump could have avoided the virus if he had taken it more seriously.
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President Trump arriving at Walter Reed Hospital last Friday (10/2/20)
As The Washington Post reports:
Trump announced that he will return to the White House on Monday night after spending the past three days at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, where he has been receiving treatment for covid-19.
“I will be leaving the great Walter Reed Medical Center today at 6:30 P.M.,” the president said in a tweet. “Feeling really good!”
The president also played down the threat of the coronavirus, even as several other members of his administration —including press secretary Kayleigh McEnany and at least two other White House communications aides — have contracted it in recent days…
…At a briefing Monday, White House physician Sean Conley said that Trump had met the discharge criteria, although he declined to answer several questions from reporters, including on the timing of Trump’s last negative coronavirus test.
Trump undoubtedly has the best doctors and treatments available to aid in his recovery, but as many health experts have cautioned, patients requiring hospitalization for COVID-19 are not usually good to go after just a few days. From a separate Washington Post story:
The assertion by President Trump’s doctors that he could be discharged from the hospital as early as Monday astonished outside infectious-disease experts, who said he remains in a dangerous period of vulnerability when some covid-19 patients decline precipitously and require urgent intervention…
…The talk of the president’s release from Walter Reed National Military Medical Center came as Conley and two other physicians treating Trump gave an upbeat but incomplete characterization of his condition. Outside doctors said they were mystified by what they said was an inconsistent portrayal of the president’s illness as relatively mild despite the aggressive mix of treatments he is getting.
For just one example of why Trump needs to be more cautious: Consider this timeline of the illness and death of former Republican Presidential candidate Herman Cain.
We certainly wish the President well…and we’re crossing our fingers for everyone at the White House who will soon be in closer proximity to Trump.
Is he going to go into isolation or out on the campaign trail? Inquiring minds want to know. How gross would it be if he got sick again on stage in front of his worshiping crowd? Just hard to imagine him going back to his same lie load as before with out the after effects of his sickness whipping his sorry ass.
Seems as if he's seeking Ubermensch points, but man, considering the possible consequences hurts me as a human being, and I don't particularly care for the guy.
No sympathy bump? Makes sense.
Tobias Funke on Arrested Development also received no sympathy for his sickness (or money for his fund raiser) because of the hair plugs that his body rejected. "You mean he just has to remove the hair plugs to be well again!?!"
There is some speculation (https://thebulwark.com/the-truth-about-trumps-covid-test-timeline/) that Fat Donnie from Queens was never tested until after Hopey got sick.
The problem, of course, is that Fat Donnie always lies. And, then lies to coverup the lies. And, then lies to explain away the lies.
“We certainly wish the President well…”
No, I wish him a Herman Cain
When Dr. Conley was asked about when he was last tested negative before the positive test came back Friday morning, he said he didn't want to dwell on the past but look to the future.
Pity the poor schmucks who are working in the White House family quarters over the next two weeks.
2 housekeeper have tested positive. The WH staff is fucked. https://www.forbes.com/sites/elanagross/2020/10/05/white-house-outbreak-grows-2-housekeeping-staffers-test-positive-told-to-use-discretion-discussing-it/#6ee8b5d71c9a
As the Orange King stood on the balcony above the East Lawn this evening, having defeated the evil Chinadragonvirus, he removed his mask so his adoring countrymen could see the set of his chin.
But you could also see him laboring to breathe.
I'm guessing he's been on Lasix IV for the last few days. I went in with CHF and over the course of 24 hours I had 17 pounds of fluid removed from my lungs. Over the course of my life I've been very close to drowning many times and it is NOTHING to drowning in your own fluids.
That there is not a well man. Fat Boy has the look of someone pumped full of a corticosteroid (Decadron, perhaps) yet still struggling with respiratory distress (pneumonia, perhaps).
Anyone know if ANY of the following were part of the briefing on Trump leaving the hospital?
CDC has published guidance (my emphasis in bold italics):
“In general, people should adhere to home isolation until the risk of secondary transmission is thought to be low. ”
He'll be on the campaign trail within 3 days and Trump has never had any taste so ……
Could be a cytokine storm a-brewin', headed straight for trumpville on the ARDS express.
Question: Did Trump even have Corona-19?
You're not the only one asking, Blackie. I've seen stories wondering if the whole episode was an elaborate play to allow him to continue blowing off the virus as no big deal and excuse his wretched handling of it.
Judging by Hermans' experience, we will know for sure in two to three weeks.