Former U.S. President Donald Trump’s condition with the Covid-19 became so troubling last year that there was talk of putting it on a fan, according to what Trump told a person at the time. , raising questions about whether the White House downplayed the gravity of his situation.
The New York Times first reported on Thursday the new details of what happened while Trump was admitted to the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in October. CNN reported at the time that Trump had received supplemental oxygen, citing a source with knowledge of Trump’s treatment.
The details call for a re-examination of the disturbing statements of Trump’s doctor, Dr. Sean Conley, who last year declined to answer reporters’ questions directly about whether Trump had oxygen, insisting he was not “now same “. When asked if Trump had received it, Conley said, “This morning he didn’t need any today.” Asked if he had ever been consuming supplemental oxygen as part of his treatment, Conley said, “Right now it’s not,” and added, “Yesterday and today, I had no oxygen.”
This is what you need to know more on Friday …
Q: With coronavirus variants here, should the vaccine be continued?
A: Absolutely, says Dr. Leana Wen, CNN’s medical analyst. The effectiveness of vaccines against new variants will have to be continuously studied and it is possible that, as more mutations and variants appear, we need booster vaccines, or even an annual vaccine such as the flu vaccine, which is updated every year.
But we just don’t know when these reinforcing features might come out, Dr. Wen said. “It may take months and booster shots may need to complete the vaccine series. If you have the opportunity to purchase it now, you should do so to protect yourself. Remember that the vaccines we have are still effective. against variants. ” Read here for more information on Dr. Wen.
Fans banned at the Australian Open after registering 13 Covid-19 state cases: The Australian state of Victoria will be closed for five days to try to curb the spread of a more contagious variant of the coronavirus, meaning the Australian Open in Melbourne will go on without fans during the days that are usually busiest.
Pfizer’s shot elicits a strong immune response to new variants: One study found that people who received two doses of the Pfizer vaccine showed strong immune responses to the Covid-19 variants first identified in the UK and South Africa.
WhatsApp and sermons: how some Britons get more black people and other ethnic minority groups to get a vaccine: According to OpenSAFELY data, black people in the most vulnerable age group over 80 had about half the vaccines that their white counterparts at the end of January, although the virus negatively affects black people, writes Christopher Johnson.
A version of this story appeared in the February 12 issue of the Coronavirus newsletter: Fact Vs. CNN fiction. Sign up here to receive headlines need to know every day of the week.
