Still infectious, Trump back at White House
Still Covid-19 infectious, US President Donald Trump staged a dramatic return to the White House on Monday night after leaving the military hospital, reports AP.
He immediately ignited a fresh controversy by declaring that despite his illness the country shouldn't fear the virus which has killed a lot more than 210,000 Americans.
Besides, the president entered the White House with out a protective mask.
Trump's message alarmed infectious disease specialists and suggested the president’s own illness hadn't caused him to rethink his often-cavalier attitude toward the condition, which includes also infected the first lady and many White House aides, including new cases revealed on Monday.
Landing at the White House from Marine One, Trump gingerly climbed the South Portico steps, removed his mask and declared, “Personally i think good.”
He gave a double thumbs-up to the departing helicopter from the portico terrace, where aides had arranged American flags for the sunset occasion. He entered the White House, where aides were visible milling about the Blue Room, without wearing a face covering.
The president left Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, where his doctor, Navy Cmdr. Sean Conley, said previously Monday that the president remains contagious and wouldn't normally be fully “out from the woods” for another week but that Trump had met or exceeded standards for discharge from the hospital.
Trump is expected to continue his recovery at the White House, where the reach of the outbreak which has infected the highest degrees of the U.S. government is still being uncovered.
Still, simply a month prior to the election and anxious to project strength, Trump tweeted before leaving the hospital, “Will be back on the Campaign Trail soon!!!”
And in the event anyone missed his ‘don't-worry message’ earlier, he rushed out a fresh video from the White House.
“Avoid being afraid of it," Trump said of the virus. "You’re likely to beat it. We have the very best medical equipment, we've the best medicines.” His remarks were strong, but he was taking deeper breaths than usual as he delivered them.
Trump’s nonchalant message about not fearing the virus comes as his own administration has encouraged Americans to be careful and take precautions to avoid contracting and spreading the condition as cases continue to spike in the united states. For a lot more than eight months, Trump’s efforts to play down the risk of the virus in hopes of propping up the economy prior to the election have drawn bipartisan criticism.
“We need to be realistic in this: Covid is a complete threat to the American population,” Dr. David Nace of the University of Pittsburgh INFIRMARY, said of Trump's comment.
“Most of the people aren’t so lucky as the president,” with an in-house medical unit and access to experimental treatments, added Nace, a specialist on infections in older adults.
“It’s an unconscionable message,” agreed Dr. Sadiya Khan of Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. “I'd go as far as to say that it could precipitate or worsen spread.”
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention of the united states, people that have mild to moderate symptoms of Covid-19 could be contagious for as many as - and really should isolate for at least - 10 days.
Trump's arrival back at the White House raised new questions about how precisely the administration would protect other officials from an illness that remains rampant in the president's body.
There have been also lingering questions about potential long-term effects to the president - and even though he first came down with the virus.
