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Dr. Sanjay Gupta calls out Trump’s doctor 'leaving out really critical health details' because they're unflattering
Dr. Sean Conley addressed President Donald Trump's healthcare situation at Walter Reed and the developments over the past several days. But Dr. Sanjay Gupta noted that it is clear the doctor wouldn't reveal anything that could be seen as unflattering for the president like lasting impacts of the virus and other drugs he might be on.
"The medical team saying that President Trump has not had a fever in 72 hours, will receive another dose of Remdesivir before being discharged," said CNN host Jake Tapper. "Dr. Conley refused to answer basic questions about the president's health, including about his lung scans, when the president first took a negative test, on and on and on."
He went on to ask Dr. Sanjay Gupta, the CNN health expert if Conley was withholding information about the president that would reflect poorly on what Trump wants his message to be.
"I don't think we have the information here about the basic things," said Dr. Gupta. "Does the president have pneumonia? Don't have an answer to that. The president needed oxygen. How significant was the impact on his lungs? Don't know the answer to that. We know he's going to continue to get these medications at the White House, like Remdesivir. Again, the White House is a different sort of house, I get it that. They have a medical unit there, but that's part of the reason he went to the hospital in the first place, was to be able to get these types of medication and being monitored while he's receiving them. Why the change here?"
Dr. Gupta went on to ask about blood thinners, which are typically necessary for those who at risk of developing blood clots under some of the COVID-19 treatment drugs.
"He said he's not going to get into the patient's COVID-19 medications," recalled Dr. Gupta. "Well, he has told us about the Remdesivir and the Monoclonal antibodies and the Dexamethasone. So, it just -- it makes you fully convinced that they are still not revealing everything here. Why is that? Because those are basic things. Someone asked a very good question about his cardiac, liver and kidney function, and again, sort of a non-answer answer. I noticed, for example, the medication list they gave, he was no longer receiving his Statin medication. Was that because there was a concern about his liver, because that can have a reaction with the liver? This level of detail is not just for giggles, it's really important for determining what would happen next. Most important thing, Jake, which you mentioned at the beginning, he's not out of the woods."
Dr. Gupta went on to ask if Dr. Conley says that days 7 through 10 are the most critical days, why they then decided to discharge Trump just as he's reaching the worst part.
Tapper noted that HIPAA regulations, which Dr. Conley cited as a reason he couldn't give information, is an excuse he's "never heard" from any presidential administration in his career.
"I don't know if it's about the Fifth Amendment or not, but how is it that he can give us some information about the president's health that reflects well on him, and that doesn't run afoul of HIPAA regulations, but stuff that might suggest that the president is actually not as healthy as the president and others want him to appear -- that's covered by HIPAA regulations?" asked Tapper. "That doesn't make any sense!"
Dr. Gupta agreed, saying that the things that Dr. Conley left out are "really critical details" and that after Trump had a very serious respiratory virus it's still unknown what kind of shape the president's lungs are in.
Dr. Conley didn't answer why he refused to deliver the full truth about the president or why Trump is hiding the specifics about his illness.
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Trump’s doctor tells reporters president could get worse -- and again refuses to disclose lung scan results
During a press briefing at Walter Reed hospital this Monday regarding President Trump's health in light of his coronavirus diagnosis, Dr. Sean Conley confirmed to reporters Trump's earlier announcement that he's slated to return to the White House "later today."
Conley told reporters that Trump has "met most of his discharge requirements" and should be in good hands with the White House medical unit. One reporter asked Conley what the risk to Trump is since he hasn't met the 7 to 10-day window where he has less a chance of relapsing.
"We all remain cautiously optimistic and on guard, because we're in a bit of uncharted territory when it comes to a patient that received the therapies that he has so early in the course," Conley said. "So we're looking to this weekend, if we can get through to Monday with him remaining the same or improving, better yet, then we will all take that final deep sigh of relief."
Another reporter asked Conley about Trump's chest x-rays, but Conley said he's not ready to discuss that aspect due to HIPAA "rules and regulations.
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Officials prove that Trump's claims about mail-in-ballots are all lies
The Washington Post issued an extensive fact-check for President Donald Trump's false claims that the November election will be rigged because mail-in-ballots can't be trusted and will be falsified.
Ahead of heading to the hospital, Trump told top strategist and Fox News host Sean Hannity that it would take days or weeks before it is known who won the November election. He then falsely claimed that it would thus be fraudulent.
“There will be [fraud],” he told Hannity. “Just take a look at New York. Take a look at the ones — the ballots that were thrown into a garbage can and they all had the Trump name on it. They were military ballots that were thrown into the garbage can. The ones that were on a tray, and they were thrown into a creek or a river. It’s a terrible thing. And if you look at Carolyn Maloney, what they did to that guy that ran against her, it's a disgrace. That's in New York. And that's only for a congressional race. They have no idea where the votes are, where the ballots are. This is going to be all over. This is in Virginia. This is in New Jersey. It's a very, very sad thing."
Trump's obvious strategy is to falsely allege fraud and use that as a justification for disputing the election while ballots are being counted. It's a tactic that former Army prosecutor Glenn Kirschner said will get Trump laughed out of court, but that doesn't mean he won't attempt it.
"In North Carolina, for example, his campaign is pressuring county elections officials to ignore counting rules with the rationale that doing so protects voter intent," the Post said.
The other problem for Trump is that none of the claims he made to Hannity are examples of fraud.
In the example he cited about Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-NY), Trump has conflated a slow count with fraud. Not counting fast enough for Trump's standards isn't voter fraud, as long as the count is finalized by the deadlines in the law, there's nothing wrong with it. The Republican who ran against Maloney, Suraj Patel, even rejects the president's assessment of the race.
Trump went on to lie that no one knows where the ballots in that race are. The votes were all obtained through the ballots, which were counted. Patel wanted all of the ballots to be counted even if those ballots were determined to be fraudulent by the clerk.
Trump also claimed that there were military ballots found in a trash can in a Republican-leaning Pennsylvania county. There's no evidence of fraud in that case either.
“The investigation is still going on, but from the initial reports we’ve been given, this was a bad error,” Kathy Boockvar, Department of State as Secretary of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, said. “This was not intentional fraud. So training, training, training.”
Another case Trump cited was a conspiracy theory about ballots in Wisconsin found in a ditch. It's outright false, there were no ballots found in a ditch.
In some re-tellings of those stories, Trump exaggerates even further about the conspiracy theories he created.
"In other words, Trump’s repeated fraud allegations come down to broad insinuations, unfounded allegations or questions about hundreds of votes in the race for Paterson, N.J.'s, Third Ward city council seat," said the Post. "To some extent, this is itself the strategy: throw out a flurry of scary-sounding claims that are only debunked later, whipping up a dust storm of uncertainty that even if proved false contributes to the sort of turmoil Trump is relying on to contest mail-in ballots."
Trump told Hannity that somehow the press is complicit and knows what's happening. But the Post closed by saying, "The press does know what’s going on, and it is, in fact, a shame."
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'Insane' Trump slammed for suggesting people not take COVID-19 seriously: 'You are a menace to everyone'
In a tweet this Monday afternoon, President Trump announced that he's going to be leaving Walter Reed hospital today at 6:30pm -- just three days after he was airlifted to the hospital after being diagnosed with coronavirus.
"I will be leaving the great Walter Reed Medical Center today at 6:30 P.M. Feeling really good!" Trump tweeted. "Don’t be afraid of Covid. Don’t let it dominate your life. We have developed, under the Trump Administration, some really great drugs & knowledge. I feel better than I did 20 years ago!"
Unsurprisingly, the comment thread beneath Trump's tweet filled up with people wondering why he'd be going home so soon while still likely being contagious.
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White House housekeepers test positive for COVID-19 after virus continues to spread
The support staff in the White House mansion are starting to test positive for COVID-19 after the president, first lady, and the staff in the West Wing has spread the virus around the building.
The New York Times' Maggie Haberman explained that two housekeepers have tested positive. They reportedly didn't come in contact with the president or the first family, which is concerning as it means the virus has spread through the building. Trump's team frequently doesn't wear masks in public nor do they wear them inside the halls of the White House. They assumed that because they are tested daily, they are safe.
The Coronavirus Task Force and the CDC told people to wear masks for exactly this reason.
"When their tests came back positive, they were told to use 'discretion' in discussing it," said Haberman.
The housekeepers certainly won't get the same standard of medical care that Trump did at Walter Reed.
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Trump tweet announces he's checking out of hospital on Monday: 'Don’t be afraid of Covid'
President Donald Trump on Monday announced that he planned to leave the hospital that same day despite a COVID-19 infection.
"I will be leaving the great Walter Reed Medical Center today at 6:30 P.M.," Trump wrote on Twitter. "Feeling really good! Don’t be afraid of Covid. Don’t let it dominate your life. We have developed, under the Trump Administration, some really great drugs & knowledge. I feel better than I did 20 years ago!"
It was not immediately clear if the president's medical team had cleared his release. Trump made the remarks just moments prior to a scheduled news conference with his doctors.
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CNN: 'The West Wing is effectively shut down now'
CNN correspondents reported on Monday that the spread of coronavirus at the White House has left the West Wing "effectively shut down."
The news of the dire situation at the White House came after Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany and at least two other staffers tested positive for COVID-19 on Monday.
"The West Wing is effectively shut down now," CNN's Brianna Keilar reported. "The coronavirus outbreak at the White House got worse. White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany and two of her aides reveal that they have tested positive."
White House correspondent Jim Acosta offered additional details.
"This is inexplicable, inexcusable," Acosta said of McEnany's recent mask-free press briefings. "I just walked up to lower and upper press [offices] as it's called in the West Wing... those are the areas where the press staffers and communications staffers work every day. It's usually a beehive of activity. Those offices are almost entirely empty. It is eerily silent in that corner of the West Wing right now as all of those staffers -- almost all of those staffers -- have been asked to go home, work remotely as a precaution."
"And so what we essentially have over here at the White House is kind of a hot zone for the coronavirus," he added. "They finally had their super-spreader event and it is now infecting other people inside the West Wing."
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CDC updates guidance it had removed: Coronavirus can ‘spread by airborne transmission’ and at even ‘more than 6 feet’
Weeks ago the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention was criticized for quietly updating its COVID-19 guidance to admit that the deadly coronavirus is airborne and can travel by air at distances further than six feet – and then quickly taking that guidance down once the press reported on it. The CDC claimed it had erroneously published a draft that was not finalized.
Finally, after a week that included President Donald Trump, the First Lady, and at least ten others who attended the Rose Garden Supreme Court nominating ceremony for Judge Amy Coney Barrett contracting COVID-19, the CDC has again quietly updated its guidance to admit what many, including experts, believed for months.
"COVID-19 can sometimes be spread by airborne transmission," the CDC is now admitting, weeks later.
"There is evidence that under certain conditions, people with COVID-19 seem to have infected others who were more than 6 feet away," the new guidance reads. "These transmissions occurred within enclosed spaces that had inadequate ventilation. Sometimes the infected person was breathing heavily, for example while singing or exercising."
"Under these circumstances, scientists believe that the amount of infectious smaller droplet and particles produced by the people with COVID-19 became concentrated enough to spread the virus to other people. The people who were infected were in the same space during the same time or shortly after the person with COVID-19 had left."
But the draft guidance which was pulled Sept. 21 was more descriptive – and thus more helpful in preventing the spread of the virus. For example, one portion noted spread can occur "for example, during choir practice, in restaurants, or in fitness classes."
That violates the Trump administration's push to have all businesses and public spaces fully re-opened.
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Trump-loving pastor sick with COVID-19 after White House event and DC prayer march
A California pastor who attended public events with President Donald Trump has tested positive for the coronavirus.
Pastor Greg Laurie, who leads Harvest Christian Fellowship in Riverside, announced Sunday to his congregation that he had been infected with the potentially deadly virus.
Laurie attended the Sept. 27 nomination event for Amy Coney Barrett at the White House and took part in the Prayer March on the Mall with Vice President Mike Pence and Franklin Graham earlier that day.
That event drew thousands of conservative Christians, most of whom did not wear masks or practice social distancing.
The pastor is experiencing mild symptoms and will quarantine at home with his family, according to a church spokesperson.
President Donald Trump, at least three Republican senators and several others who attended the White House event, which was held outdoors but also include indoor receptions, have tested positive for the coronavirus.
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Vulnerable GOP senator says Trump 'let his guard down' about COVID-19
A vulnerable Republican senator on Monday broke with President Donald Trump and suggested that he botched his messaging of the COVID-19 pandemic.
In an interview with the Houston Chronicle editorial board, Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) said that Trump seemed too eager to project a return to normalcy before the pandemic had been brought under control.
"I think he let his guard down, and I think in his desire to try to demonstrate that we are somehow coming out of this and that the danger is not still with us -- I think he got out over his skis and frankly, I think it’s a lesson to all of us that we need to exercise self discipline," Cornyn said.
Cornyn's comments come as the Trump administration is dealing with a major outbreak at the White House. So far President Trump, first lady Melania Trump, and Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany are among the official working at the White House who have come down with the disease in just the last five days.
Although Cornyn is a favorite to win his Senate election this fall, Democratic rival M.J. Hegar is within striking distance, as the latest Real Clear Politics polling average gives Cornyn a lead of eight points, although a recent poll from Data for Progress has the race as close as two points.
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Ex-Obama adviser flattens Trump campaign’s claim he’s now an ‘expert’ on COVID because he had it
A former senior adviser to President Barack Obama is taking down the logic by President Donald Trump's campaign that having COVID-19 suddenly makes him the best person to handle the virus.
“He has experience now fighting the coronavirus as an individual... Joe Biden doesn’t have that," said Trump campaign spokesperson Erin Perrine in a desperate attempt to spin Trump's infection a positive.
Dan Pfeiffer called the idea absurd, noting it's "like picking your airplane pilot because he has experience crashing."
His followers replied with agreement, saying that it's part of Trump's 2020 reelection campaign philosophy of reelecting him to fix all of the things that he's broken.
Trump has obviously become an expert in contracting COVID-19 by ignoring his own task force rules, while Biden has, thus far, been the expert in not contracting COVID-19 by following CDC guidelines.
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'Lights are off' in White House press shop after multiple staffers test positive for COVID-19
The "lights are off" and no one's staffing the White House press office after multiple officials have tested positive for the coronavirus.
Press secretary Kayleigh McEnany and two of her deputies, Chad Gilmartin and Karoline Leavitt, have tested positive for COVID-19 since President Donald Trump announced his own infection, and CNN's Kaitlan Collins said that had cut into operations.
"My colleague Jim Acosta just went by the area that reporters like us have access to in the White House," Collins said. "Very few staffers are there, lights are off and it goes to show you how prevalent it is inside the West Wing. We should note it came 24 hours after staffers got an email yesterday telling them if they had symptoms or anything like that to stay home, and said if they develop symptoms, they should not contact the White House medical unit about testing, instead go to their primary care provider."
"That email came several days after the president had been admitted to the hospital, so it did raise questions for staffers in the West Wing about what to do if they start to get symptoms," she added. "That's a concern for pretty much everyone now given just how many of the president's staffers are now positive for coronavirus."
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