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The New York Times reports:
President Trump’s medical team acknowledged delivering an overly rosy description of the president’s illness on Saturday.
“I didn’t want to give any information that might steer the course of illness in another direction, and in doing so, you know, it came off that we were trying to hide something, which wasn’t necessarily true,” Dr. Sean P. Conley, the White House physician, said in a briefing with reporters.
The doctors said that Mr. Trump had a “high fever” on Friday and a second incident yesterday where his oxygen levels dropped. They were not clear if he was administered oxygen again. Dr. Conley also said that the president had also been given the steroid dexamethasone on Saturday.
CBS News reports:
President Trump has “continued to improve” and respond to treatment for COVID-19 at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, his doctors said Sunday, suggesting he could return to the White House as early as Monday if he continues to make progress.
“If he continues to look and feel as well as he does today, our hope is that we can plan for a discharge as early as tomorrow to the White House where he can continue his treatment course,” said Dr. Brian Garibaldi of Johns Hopkins University, who is consulting the president’s medical treatment.
Dr. Sean Conley, the White House physician, said the president’s move to Walter Reed on Friday was prompted by Conley’s concern for the “rapid progression” of his symptoms from Thursday night into Friday morning, with a high fever and low oxygen levels.
Dr. Conley: “I didn’t want to give any information that might steer the course of illness in another direction and in doing so it came off that we were trying to hide something, which wasn’t necessarily true.”
My Q: How would providing facts steer the course of Trump’s illness?
— Yamiche Alcindor (@Yamiche) October 4, 2020
Did you give Trump a 2nd round of supplement oxygen yesterday?
Dr. Conley: “I’d have to check w/ the nursing staff. I don’t think — If he did, it was very, very limited. … The only oxygen that I ordered & that we provided was that Friday morning.”
This is a Y or N, question.
— Yamiche Alcindor (@Yamiche) October 4, 2020
Sanjay Gupta says doctors at Walter Reed are throwing “the kitchen sink” at Trump, feeding him 3 different “serious” medications, one of which is experimental in nature. He suggests this is far more serious than what Conley is letting on.
— Tim Alberta (@TimAlberta) October 4, 2020
“The president wears a mask any time he’s around us,” Dr. Conley says when asked why Trump is not wearing a mask in videos and photos of Trump at Walter Reed, but won’t say if Trump was in negative pressure room: “I’m not going to get into the specifics.” https://t.co/eDVO8k0zPW pic.twitter.com/CX8NyJVCfL
— ABC News (@ABC) October 4, 2020
In fact, Conley made the 7-10 days point himself. Trump is said by sources to be bored in the hospital and eager to get out. https://t.co/VwC7Y0Cutg
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) October 4, 2020
When asked if the president’s oxygen saturation dipped below 90, Dr. Conley danced briefly and then said it had never reached the “low 80s.”
Which does not answer the question
— Jonathan Lemire (@JonLemire) October 4, 2020