New fears for his health

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Analysis by Stephen Collinson and Maeve Reston, CNN
Updated 7:58 AM ET, Fri October 9, 2020

... In a day of chaos Thursday, Trump repeatedly shifted his position on a new plan for a virtual second presidential debate and suddenly decided to back negotiations over a coronavirus economic rescue package he had killed off earlier in the week. His actions suggested a campaign in disarray as he trails Democratic nominee Joe Biden by double digits only 26 days from Election Day.

The President's erratic conduct only emphasized an alarming leadership vacuum in a White House hollowed out by sickness as the pandemic takes an ominous turn amid fresh signs that a fragile economic rebound is slowing.

Trump's official physician, Navy Cmdr. Dr. Sean Conley, declared that the President would be fit to return to public engagements on Saturday after completing his treatment. But questions remain over when Trump got sick, who he might have infected and if he is still contagious. And twice in an interview with Sean Hannity on Fox News on Thursday night, the President declined to say whether he has tested negative even as he said he might try to hold a rally in Florida as soon as Saturday night ...

https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/09/politics/donald-trump-health-coronavirus-election-2020/index.html

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1. Case Could Be Entering a Crucial Stage

By Monique Brouillette on October 9, 2020

... Trump will be at a fork in the road during the latter half of this week, say infections disease and critical care physicians who spoke with Scientific American. He could be heading for a bad stretch in a prolonged illness or he could be on an upward swing to recovery. Doctors sadly have the experience of treating more than 36 million COVID-19 patients worldwide and more than 7.5 million in the U.S. Using this clinical history, many now divide the disease into several stages, each with distinct symptoms and treatments. Based on when he first reported symptoms, Trump appears to be at the end of one phase and the verge of the next. Here is the sequence that physicians usually see and how it applies to the president ...

... the incubation period .. occurs between two and 14 days after contracting the virus. While people may not know they are sick, they often become contagious two or three days before symptoms begin ...

... Symptoms start by the fifth day .. and .. include fever, cough, sore throat, fatigue, aches, pains, gastrointestinal issues, and loss of smell or taste ...

... six and 10 days after infection .. the immune system goes into overdrive ...

... many patients suffer complications from the cytokine storm ...

... an estimated 10 percent are left with months of debilitating symptoms ...

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/trumps-covid-case-could-be-entering-a-crucial-stage/

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2. Ugly rambling post-hospital interview

By Kevin Liptak, CNN
Updated 12:30 PM ET, Thu October 8, 2020

... Trump went on an hour-long ramble that devolved into vicious and sexist attacks .. desperate claims .. and dangerous boasts ...

He suggested he could have contracted the virus from a reception he held for Gold Star families .. Sunday instead of the mask-less ceremony announcing his Supreme Court nominee ...

... many open questions .. weren't asked by his pliant interviewer. He did not address what his lung scans showed, didn't say when he last tested negative and wasn't asked how high his temperature reached .. last week ...

He also went after Attorney General William Barr, who he said would go down in history as "a sad situation" if he doesn't prosecute Trump's political rivals ...

https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/08/politics/trump-covid-fox-interview/index.html

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3. My only fear for his health

is that he will have a rapid, uneventful recovery with no lingering side effects.

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4. We also need to know how these stages of the disease occur

in elderly obese men with poor nutrition and little exercise. He has all of the risk factors.