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1/ Great speaking with @Elemental's @smithdag today.
https://elemental.medium.com/everything-we-know-and-dont-about-trump-s-health-right-now-cddbe8cdc106
Some highlights:
- “If the fever came down on its own, that’s a very good sign prognostically. If the fever required medication to come down […] it wouldn’t necessarily mean he’s getting better..."
https://elemental.medium.com/everything-we-know-and-dont-about-trump-s-health-right-now-cddbe8cdc106
Some highlights:
- “If the fever came down on its own, that’s a very good sign prognostically. If the fever required medication to come down […] it wouldn’t necessarily mean he’s getting better..."
2/ Steroids like dexamethasone and medications like aspirin, Tylenol, and ibuprofen will reduce a fever.
3/ On Fri/Sat, Trump had an oxygen saturation below 94%. Dr. Conley said it didn't got down to the low 80s. So that would imply it dropped to the upper 80s.
4/ Despite multiple questions from the press, the results of the scans have not been provided, but Dooley did say the lung CT was consistent with COVID. This implies POTUS likely has ground-glass opacities in his lungs. If the findings are typical, why not release to the public?
5/ Dr. Dooley reported on Sat that Trump’s kidney, liver, and cardiovascular functioning were “normal or improving.” Later, another member of the president’s medical team stated that his liver and kidney functions have remained normal.
6/ If the president’s health was a deductive logic puzzle, one could imply that Trump had cardiovascular abnormalities over the weekend that were now improving.
7/ Heart function is a major concern with COVID. The virus can cause heart failure, heart attacks, blood clots, inflammation of the heart, and even directly infect heart cells themselves. Would love to see an echocardiogram.
8/ I would like to see POTUS' white blood cell and platelet count, as well as his levels of inflammatory markers and blood clot tests.
9/ “I think his condition is more severe than they are communicating to us.” - @celinegounder https://elemental.medium.com/everything-we-know-and-dont-about-trump-s-health-right-now-cddbe8cdc106
10/ “There’s no reason not to release more details... If the numbers are normal, this would put things to rest and reassure people, so they’re withholding that for a reason.” - @celinegounder https://elemental.medium.com/everything-we-know-and-dont-about-trump-s-health-right-now-cddbe8cdc106
11/ “I suspect that the med list we got was not a complete med list and that it was only including medications that were directly related to his COVID treatment." - @celinegounder https://elemental.medium.com/everything-we-know-and-dont-about-trump-s-health-right-now-cddbe8cdc106
