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Doctors: Trump’s blood oxygen level dropped twice recently
Before walking away, Conley said the president had a “high fever” and a blood oxygen level below 94% on Friday and during “another episode” on Saturday. He was evasive when asked whether Trump’s level had dropped below 90%: “We don’t have any recordings here on that.”
The level currently stands at 98%, Trump’s medical team said.
Blood oxygen saturation is a key health marker for COVID-19 patients. A normal reading is between 95 and 100. A drop below 90 is concerning. People with the virus sometimes do not realize their oxygen levels are low.
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More on why the steroid may be help and as we are hearing from severe Covid patients.
Dexamethasone, a widely available steroid, reduces death risk in severe coronavirus cases, researchers say - CBS News
The steroid dexamethasone has been found to reduce the risk of death in seriously ill coronavirus patients by about a third, according to clinical trial results hailed on Tuesday as a “major breakthrough.” The drug did not appear to help less severely ill patients.
Researchers led by a team from the University of Oxford administered the inexpensive, widely available drug to more than 2,000 severely ill COVID-19 patients. Among those who could only breathe with the help of a ventilator, dexamethasone reduced deaths by 35%. It reduced deaths by about 20% among patients who were receiving oxygen only, according to preliminary results.
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Another NYT story from when dexamethasone was approved.
“In the later phase, the immune system is no longer your friend — it’s responsible for the lungs failing, and dampening it down with steroids helps the situation and improves the chance of survival.”
Other experts agreed, saying the study showed dexamethasone cannot be used to treat mild illness, or as a preventive.
“It would likely be harmful to take dexamethasone as an outpatient treatment for Covid-19,” said Dr. Brown. Patients with mild infections “should not be trying to get people to prescribe them dexamethasone just in case.”
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More from the Doctor’s point of view with research on dexamethasone…definitely not for mild cases, and some data about it’s effectiveness.
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I think this is the big takeaway from that poll:
In the wake of Trump’s diagnosis, the survey also found an increasing number of Americans concerned that they, or someone they know, will be infected with the virus. Eighty-one percent are either very or somewhat concerned about contracting COVID-19, compared to 72% two weeks ago. The percentage of “very concerned” respondents rose 8 percentage points, from 29% to 37%.
The overall jump can be almost entirely attributed to Republicans, whose net concern increased 18 points (52% to 70%), and independents, whose concern increased 13 points (69% to 82%). Democrats held steady at 86%.
Trump’s steroid Covid treatment adds to confusion over health
# Dexamethasone ‘normally reserved for people going into respiratory failure’, says expert
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Newsflash - Trump had already known he had Coronavirus by the evening on Thursday and asking staff to withhold that information. We expected that…because he never tells the truth…but it had a huge impact on the course of his day and others.
WASHINGTON—President Trump didn’t disclose a positive result from a rapid test for Covid-19 on Thursday while awaiting the findings from a more thorough coronavirus screening, according to people familiar with the matter.
Mr. Trump received a positive result on Thursday evening before making an appearance on Fox News in which he didn’t reveal those results. Instead, he confirmed earlier reports that one of his top aides had tested positive for coronavirus and mentioned the second test he had taken that night for which he was awaiting results.
“I’ll get my test back either tonight or tomorrow morning,” Mr. Trump said during the interview. CBS News first reported that by that point, Mr. Trump had received a positive result on a rapid test. At 1 a.m. on Friday, the president tweeted that he indeed had tested positive.
Under White House protocols, the more reliable test that screens a specimen from deeper in the nasal passage is administered only after a rapid test shows a positive reading. Based on people familiar with the matter, the president’s tests followed that protocol.
As the virus spread among the people closest to him, Mr. Trump also asked one adviser not to disclose results of their own positive test**. “Don’t tell anyone,” Mr. Trump said, according to a person familiar with the conversation.**
Mr. Trump and his top advisers also aimed to keep such a close hold on the early positive results that his campaign manager, Bill Stepien, didn’t know that Hope Hicks, one of the president’s closest White House aides, had tested positive on Thursday morning until news reports later that evening, according to a person familiar with the matter. The Trump campaign said Friday evening that Mr. Stepien had tested positive.
The initial secrecy within Mr. Trump’s inner circle has created a sense of anxiety within the West Wing. Publicly, the White House has issued evolving and contradictory statements about the president’s health that has some officials worried about their own credibility.
“I’m glued to Twitter and TV because I have no official communication from anyone in the West Wing,” an administration official said.
The White House didn’t respond immediately to a request for comment.
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We are getting tee’ed up to hear about what really happened to T on his
‘unexpected’ visit to Walter Reed last Nov. 2019.
Now is the time, and it looks like they (George Conway) are pointing to @phillipReines to spill the beans. He did debate prep with HIllary in 2016 FWIW.
Here’s a tape of T’s former Dr. Ronny Jackson spouting some campaign related garbage.
More palace intrigue…
and he responds
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OK WTF…Trump just taken for a spin around the Trump supporters outside in a motorcade.
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Cross-posting
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Get ready…Biden’s back. The Lincoln Projects gets off to a fast rebound today.
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This seems like a lot of rejected ballots in North Carilina.
North Carolina Early Voting Statistics
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Hard to believe that Barr is free and clear of Covid.
And yes, that is the right move to stay away
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Minnesota Republicans fly Delta home from D.C. after COVID-19 exposure
U.S. Reps. Stauber, Emmer and Hagedorn appear to have violated the airline’s policy, although they tested negative
Minnesota congressmen criticized for taking Delta flight after flying with Trump
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