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appalachiablue

(41,132 posts)
Thu Oct 8, 2020, 08:01 PM Oct 2020

The Latest: Doctor: Trump Safe For Public Return On Saturday

Source: AP News

20 mins ago. WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the 2020 presidential campaign (all times local):

7:35 p.m.

President Donald Trump’s doctor says he fully anticipates Trump can make a “safe return to public engagements” on Saturday.

The assessment from Dr. Sean Conley comes in a letter Thursday updating on the president’s condition as he recovers from COVID-19. Conley says Trump has completed his course of therapy as prescribed by his team of physicians.

Trump is eager to return to the campaign trail with the election less than four weeks away.

Conley’s letter also says the president’s vital signs on Thursday included a heart rate of 69 beats per minute and a blood pressure reading of 127/81.

Conley says that, “overall, he’s responded extremely well to treatment, without evidence on examination of adverse therapeutic effects.”

Read more: https://apnews.com/article/election-2020-virus-outbreak-joe-biden-donald-trump-health-36a9b80aff0703efbfc5eae5d0a925d4





Oct. 5, 2020 photo, balcony of the White House.
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The Latest: Doctor: Trump Safe For Public Return On Saturday (Original Post) appalachiablue Oct 2020 OP
Trust no one soothsayer Oct 2020 #1
And... what about the rest of us? dawg day Oct 2020 #2
Truly! I don't want to get within a mile of him. catrose Oct 2020 #16
I just feel that Conley isn't a real doctor Rorey Oct 2020 #3
Agreed - Just like our president plays one on TV. nature-lover Oct 2020 #5
Anyone who values their life belpejic Oct 2020 #4
About 35 and 46. n/t rzemanfl Oct 2020 #6
No mention if he will be sheding virus, which he will be, his doctor is a quack and has zero yaesu Oct 2020 #7
The CDC guideline is 10 days after symptom onset. They are claiming his symptoms started RockRaven Oct 2020 #8
Go For It modrepub Oct 2020 #9
Not much mention of a negative test or not being contagious. keithbvadu2 Oct 2020 #10
Conley ain't no doctor, he's a used car salesman. nt. BlueIdaho Oct 2020 #11
As a former used car salesman, Mr.Bill Oct 2020 #12
My most sincere apology! BlueIdaho Oct 2020 #33
Is it a conspiracy to get him back on the campaign trail and debate in person? bucolic_frolic Oct 2020 #13
I call Bullshit! Total bullshit! Nitram Oct 2020 #14
He was on the phone with Hannity tonight and he could barely speak without clearing his throat... George II Oct 2020 #15
Conley should be stripped of his -ley. dchill Oct 2020 #23
Safe for him, maybe, not for others mahina Oct 2020 #17
Trumps doctors should have the licenses revoked for lying just a Barr should be disbarred. rickyhall Oct 2020 #18
Says who? The Independence Day doctor? sandensea Oct 2020 #19
If this is true, CCExile Oct 2020 #20
According to Harvard Medical School...10 days after symptoms resolve unitedwethrive Oct 2020 #21
He's not symptom free! He coughed during his call to Fox today. SunSeeker Oct 2020 #27
It was all a hoax. LogicFirst Oct 2020 #22
the doctor apparently barbtries Oct 2020 #24
Okay doc go in a room with him without a mask or a bio-hazard suit..............and then turbinetree Oct 2020 #25
Idiocy! SunSeeker Oct 2020 #26
Conley is duty bound Wash. state Desk Jet Oct 2020 #28
Conley is doing and saying whatever trump dictates. lamp_shade Oct 2020 #29
Conley Great Enabler! BlueMTexpat Oct 2020 #30
They have never even said Trump is testing negative for covid. LisaL Oct 2020 #31
How often do doctors tell patients ahead of time when they will be well? Kablooie Oct 2020 #32
What was he promised? bluestarone Oct 2020 #34
Bullshit. orangecrush Oct 2020 #35

dawg day

(7,947 posts)
2. And... what about the rest of us?
Thu Oct 8, 2020, 08:02 PM
Oct 2020

Won't he still be contagious?

But I guess his doctor, like he, doesn't care about the rest of us.

catrose

(5,066 posts)
16. Truly! I don't want to get within a mile of him.
Thu Oct 8, 2020, 10:51 PM
Oct 2020

I didn't anyway, but now I'd be afraid of getting sick too.

belpejic

(720 posts)
4. Anyone who values their life
Thu Oct 8, 2020, 08:05 PM
Oct 2020

Should not get anywhere near this virus shedding nutjob unless they're wearing a hazmat suit and getting a handsome paycheck.

yaesu

(8,020 posts)
7. No mention if he will be sheding virus, which he will be, his doctor is a quack and has zero
Thu Oct 8, 2020, 08:10 PM
Oct 2020

credibility which is the reason for the art. 25 meeting tomorrow imho, need of a second, third opinion

RockRaven

(14,966 posts)
8. The CDC guideline is 10 days after symptom onset. They are claiming his symptoms started
Thu Oct 8, 2020, 08:15 PM
Oct 2020

immediately after the debate if one assumes they are following the guideline. Which is an extremely convenient coincidence. One which beggars belief.

modrepub

(3,495 posts)
9. Go For It
Thu Oct 8, 2020, 08:39 PM
Oct 2020

Hang out with more Republican senators and other republican higher ups and take them out while you’re at it dimwit. I’m sure stressing out a 74 year old over weight pre-diabetic man whose fighting a novel virus is going to work out superbly!

keithbvadu2

(36,806 posts)
10. Not much mention of a negative test or not being contagious.
Thu Oct 8, 2020, 08:47 PM
Oct 2020

Not much mention of a negative test or not being contagious.

Maybe I missed it.

bucolic_frolic

(43,161 posts)
13. Is it a conspiracy to get him back on the campaign trail and debate in person?
Thu Oct 8, 2020, 10:00 PM
Oct 2020

Are they trying to infect the opposition candidates? That might increase the chaos they're trying to create.

George II

(67,782 posts)
15. He was on the phone with Hannity tonight and he could barely speak without clearing his throat...
Thu Oct 8, 2020, 10:35 PM
Oct 2020

....or coughing.

He's in for a major crash any day now. Sean Conley should have his license revoked.

rickyhall

(4,889 posts)
18. Trumps doctors should have the licenses revoked for lying just a Barr should be disbarred.
Thu Oct 8, 2020, 11:15 PM
Oct 2020

No pun intended, well maybe...

CCExile

(468 posts)
20. If this is true,
Thu Oct 8, 2020, 11:21 PM
Oct 2020

then he was positive for the debate, and that's why he got there too late for the test. His guests refusal to wear masks was a blatant attempt to infect the Democratic delegation. That's how I see it. It is an attempted coup on our republic.

unitedwethrive

(1,997 posts)
21. According to Harvard Medical School...10 days after symptoms resolve
Thu Oct 8, 2020, 11:27 PM
Oct 2020

"Most people with coronavirus who have symptoms will no longer be contagious by 10 days after symptoms resolve. People who test positive for the virus but never develop symptoms over the following 10 days after testing are probably no longer contagious, but again there are documented exceptions. So some experts are still recommending 14 days of isolation."

Since they told us yesterday that he had been symptom free for 24 hours, that would be next Friday (10/16) at a minimum. But, if he was symptom free on any meds at all, that is pushed out even further.

https://www.health.harvard.edu/diseases-and-conditions/if-youve-been-exposed-to-the-coronavirus#:~:text=Most%20people%20with%20coronavirus%20who,there%20are%20documented%20exceptions.

SunSeeker

(51,557 posts)
27. He's not symptom free! He coughed during his call to Fox today.
Fri Oct 9, 2020, 12:23 AM
Oct 2020

This is nuts. He's still sick and shedding by coughing.


barbtries

(28,794 posts)
24. the doctor apparently
Thu Oct 8, 2020, 11:54 PM
Oct 2020

has not seen his interviews or read his tweets.

or, he's just lying. though i hesitate to believe that a doctor would do that to the public health. i just don't know what's up anymore.

no adverse events?! the man is insane.

turbinetree

(24,701 posts)
25. Okay doc go in a room with him without a mask or a bio-hazard suit..............and then
Fri Oct 9, 2020, 12:12 AM
Oct 2020

get back with us, oh yeah, we want photos or a video from a independent reliable source...............just saying............

Wash. state Desk Jet

(3,426 posts)
28. Conley is duty bound
Fri Oct 9, 2020, 12:57 AM
Oct 2020

He therefore must fallow orders . Trump is commander and chief of the armed forces . His public comments are tailored to suit the president. In short same as Barr ,he serves at the pleasure of the president. Thing of it is ,punishment for being the cause of the presidents discomfort in Conley's case is far worse than simply being thrown under the bus. Because of a thing call disobeying orders.

LisaL

(44,973 posts)
31. They have never even said Trump is testing negative for covid.
Fri Oct 9, 2020, 03:52 AM
Oct 2020

Which I am assuming they would have, if he was.
They claimed he tested positive for antibodies, which means they talk about test results if those results are good for Trump. Of course Trump was infused with those same antibodies. So there is no evidence he is actually producing his own antibodies as far as I can tell.

Kablooie

(18,634 posts)
32. How often do doctors tell patients ahead of time when they will be well?
Fri Oct 9, 2020, 06:00 AM
Oct 2020

with a novel, little understood, variable , serious disease?

Seems to me doctors evaluate first and then say the patient is free to go not predict that the virus is gone ahead of time.

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