Thread by @RavikanthS_

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#TrumpIsALoser

HOW EXACTLY IS TRUMP DOING?

Trump may not be doing quite as well as the White House would like us to think. We will know he will come out of this only after another week.

This New York Times team reporting on Covid19 is probably the best in the game.

Gina Kolata is a long time NYT health correspondence and has written an authoritative book on the Great Flu Pandemic that took over 50 million lives after WW1, when soldiers returning home carried it to all parts of the world. India too lost almost 2 million people.

Apoorva Mandavalli is the NYT science reporter and was the 2019 winner of the Victor L. Cohn award for scientific journalism.

"At a news conference on Saturday outside the medical center, Dr. Sean P. Conley, Mr. Trump’s physician, painted a

very positive picture of the president’s condition, saying he was doing well, fever-free and not in need of supplemental oxygen.

But immediately afterward, Mark Meadows, the White House chief of staff, contradicted that assessment and said that Mr. Trump’s vital signs in the

last 48 hours “were very concerning” and that the next two days would be critical.

Many doctors stressed the critical period of time — about seven to 10 days after infection — when a patient’s condition can take a turn for the worse. Some people respond to an infection

with an overly exuberant immune response that can worsen their illness and even prove fatal."

Trump's Covid Treatments Suggest a Serious Condition nyti.ms/36BRmBA

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