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I don't support this president, but I don't like those comments either. It's hard to perceive it as anything other than cheering on someone's demise. Anyone is free to feel however they want, but it doesn't mean it has to be shared here. I'd rather we keep this focused on what is going on with his condition.

You can do almost anything you want when you're president. Actually true of life in general... different standards for people with status. At least his wave looked strong.

Unless he contracts covid-19, please don't mention Joe Biden.

I would hope that they were dressed properly and were in and out of there with the camera setup and not lingering in the room the whole time that the video was recorded, but I wouldn't count on that. The real tell of what his condition is like would be at the debate in a week and a half, but it is hard to imagine that taking place from a quarantine/infectivity perspective (would at least be cutting it close), let alone a physical standpoint. It is not easy to stand on a stage and bring the energy for 2 hours.

One of Trump's doctors said that the chest scan came back with expected findings. Didn't say it looked normal or good, though he did say it was not of major clinical concern. Also started dexamethasone.

Words of the day: expected findings

Really? I only saw a couple brief clips of it though. Right away you could tell that he looked kind of worn out. Not gonna post it here but there is a Vanity Fair article with Republican sources claiming that the fever was 103 and that they convinced him to go to Walter Reed when he did because of the risk of waiting too long and having to be taken out in a wheelchair or worse.

The other thing is that assuming he makes it through the acute phase, will he end up being one of the long haulers? He is in office for a minimum of 3.5 more months. A lot of the long hauler stories out there are such that it's not always a continuous streak of symptoms, but people who seem to recover for a while and then the symptoms sort of come back or are even different than the initial symptoms.

We have been running 800,000 to a little over 1 million tests per day in the US in the past 10 days or so, which is a bit better than what it was, but we need more especially heading into fall/winter.

The news conference with the prez's doctors was frustrating. I'm not going to touch the whole timeline thing... but besides that, not being willing to answer simple questions like if he ever received supplemental oxygen. I think no matter who was in office, there would be incentive to be evasive 1 month before an election, but you just can't... or shouldn't be.

Take the high road folks.

Trump going to Walter Reed. That is a significant development since the White House has pretty decent medical capabilities to monitor/treat someone.

Trump has a low grade fever and was given the Regeneron antibody mix, which I believe has shown some benefit when administered early on. https://www.forexlive.com/news/!/trump-treated-with-regeneral-antibody-cocktail-has-low-grade-fever-20201002

While I wouldn't call it a dire situation, we are trending the wrong way in Indiana. Testing has plateaued or even dipped a little, but cases are up, which means the positivity rate has gone up. Hospitalizations are also up around 20% in the past 2 weeks. The context of it only being early October is more concerning.

For sure And it is a good time for a reminder to try to stay as news based as possible in the coming days, without inserting political opinions.

Well, that is true. How does the saying go... shocking but not surprising? The time lag between test and announcement was a red flag. Makes me think that the rapid test was positive and then they followed up with a confirmatory test.

Trump has tested positive. Wow.

There is something curious going on with the president. Someone he was in contact with has the virus. He has access to rapid testing, was tested hours ago, and the results are currently undisclosed. He announces that he is going into quarantine until the results come back. It makes you wonder. Either this will turn out to be nothing or potentially a very huge news story.

Would not at all be surprised if things have to be tightened up again eventually. I think we can avoid the amount of lockdowns that we had in the winter/spring. As evidenced by what happened in the United States and some other countries over the summer, the seasonality component is not as pronounced as the flu, but it still appears to be a factor. With more cases comes a higher likelihood of somebody walking into a restaurant or bar or some other place where masking is difficult, thus causing more spread.

This is fascinating. Sometimes it almost seems like it has a mind of its own https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2020/09/23/houston-coronavirus-mutations/?arc404=true

This shouldn't be that difficult. Typing 1 divided by 10 into a calculator results in 0.1 We all know that 1 out of 10 is 10 percent. To convert 0.1 to 10 percent, you move the decimal point 2 places to the right.

So obviously there has been a lot of attention on older people and those with comorbidities being at greater risk of serious illness, but what about an individual's risk profile changing throughout the year? I haven't heard much about that. In particular, for people living in northern climates, is your risk of a more significant case elevated in the colder months when you are more likely to have lower vitamin D levels? After all, D is one thing that is thought to play a key role in immune health.

Pretty big number out of IL today, though it can partially be attributed to testing numbers creeping up. Will have to keep an eye on hospitalizations... there was a pretty big jump in those yesterday but need to see upcoming days to ascertain any trend.

Some positive pieces of info too, like certain populations potentially having longer lasting antibodies (and hopefully immunity). Of course I'm not sure how you figure out who is going to have longer immunity.

Good read on covid-19 reinfections and vaccines https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/what-covid-19-reinfection-means-for-vaccines/