POTUS physician Sean Conley: "As reported yesterday ... I recommended we bring POTUS up to Walter Reed as a precautionary measure... 72 hours into his diagnosis now, the first week of Covid, & in particular this day, is the most critical in determining the course of this illness"
The timeline here is weird. Doctors have implied Trump was diagnosed on Wednesday and said he received "a special antibody therapy" on Thursday, but Trump didn't announce his positive coronavirus test until minutes before midnight on Thursday night.
Q: What was the date of the president's last negative test?

CONLEY: I'm not going to get into all the testing going back
This Conley guy is a classic slippery Trumpian character. Check out how he refuses to give a straight answer about whether Trump has ever been on supplemental oxygen.
Q: When was the positive diagnosis made? You said 72 hours -- that would put it on Wednesday

CONLEY: Thursday afternoon following the news of a close contact is when we repeated testing. Late that night we got confirmation.

[Conley's statements have been contradictory]
Conley won't answer questions about when Trump was infected
This Conley guy is a bullshitter, but his comments strongly imply Trump needed supplemental oxygen at the White House on Wednesday or some earlier date
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