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- Contagious Trump removes mask for photos on hospital return
- Biden reminds Trump face covering is to protect others
- At least 39,000 new cases and 460 new Covid deaths reported in US
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11.21am BST
This is a very moving op-ed on the NBC News site this morning, by Kristin Urquiza, co-founder of Marked by Covid. Urquiza, who earlier this year appeared in a segment about the coronavirus at the Democratic National Convention, writes:
The coronavirus has made it clear that there are two Americas, the America that Donald Trump lives in and the America that my father died in. Trump was admitted to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center early in his illness. There he had access to an army of specialists, 24/7 monitoring from top doctors and nurses and experimental drugs denied to almost every other person with the coronavirus.
My dad had similar symptoms (low-grade fever, chills, cough, low energy) once he contracted the virus, yet the clinic he visited told him to go home and to go the hospital only if he couldn’t breathe. He was sent home on a Friday, and by the next Tuesday, his health had declined so far that it led to his untimely death.
11.12am BST
In among the medical information we do have about Doanld Trump is that he started a five-day course of remdesivir. Time magazine have a piece from back in May which has suddenly become topical again, explaining how the drug works to fight Covid-19 inside the body. It has some neat animated illustrations of it in action. Of the drug itself they remind us:
Remdesivir isn’t new. It was initially developed to treat Hepatitis C and RSV, a virus that causes respiratory infections. It was also researched as a treatment for Ebola as well as Sars and Mers—two other coronaviruses that infect humans much like the virus that causes Covid-19. It never made it to the approval stage for those uses.
Continue reading…What we know and what we don’t about Trump’s healthContagious Trump removes mask for photos on hospital returnBiden reminds Trump face covering is to protect othersAt least 39,000 new cases and 460 new Covid deaths reported in USSign up for Fight to Vote – our weekly US election newsletter 11.21am BSTThis is a very moving op-ed on the NBC News site this morning, by Kristin Urquiza, co-founder of Marked by Covid. Urquiza, who earlier this year appeared in a segment about the coronavirus at the Democratic National Convention, writes:The coronavirus has made it clear that there are two Americas, the America that Donald Trump lives in and the America that my father died in. Trump was admitted to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center early in his illness. There he had access to an army of specialists, 24/7 monitoring from top doctors and nurses and experimental drugs denied to almost every other person with the coronavirus.My dad had similar symptoms (low-grade fever, chills, cough, low energy) once he contracted the virus, yet the clinic he visited told him to go home and to go the hospital only if he couldn’t breathe. He was sent home on a Friday, and by the next Tuesday, his health had declined so far that it led to his untimely death. 11.12am BSTIn among the medical information we do have about Doanld Trump is that he started a five-day course of remdesivir. Time magazine have a piece from back in May which has suddenly become topical again, explaining how the drug works to fight Covid-19 inside the body. It has some neat animated illustrations of it in action. Of the drug itself they remind us:Remdesivir isn’t new. It was initially developed to treat Hepatitis C and RSV, a virus that causes respiratory infections. It was also researched as a treatment for Ebola as well as Sars and Mers—two other coronaviruses that infect humans much like the virus that causes Covid-19. It never made it to the approval stage for those uses. Continue reading…