President Donald Trump’s medical team delivered an update Sunday of his condition, as the president’s personal physician acknowledged delivering an overly rosy description of his illness a day earlier. The details of the briefing signaled to some health experts that the president’s condition might be more serious than a mild case of COVID-19.
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“I didn’t want to give any information that might steer the course of illness in another direction, and in doing so, you know, it came off that we were trying to hide something, which wasn’t necessarily true,” Dr. Sean P. Conley, the White House physician, said in a briefing with reporters Sunday.
Later in the day, presumably to allay concerns, Trump posted an upbeat if rambling video praising his doctors at the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center. “It’s been a very interesting journey,” he said. “I learned a lot about COVID.” He added: “I get it, and I understand it.” Wearing a dark jacket and no necktie, Trump stood in the video and spoke energetically and with no apparent trouble breathing as he praised the “enthusiasm” of his supporters outside the hospital, then promised to pay them a surprise visit.
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A short time later, Trump’s black SUV, escorted by Secret Service vehicles, appeared on the street outside the hospital. Trump could be seen in the back, wearing a suit and a mask and waving. On Friday, the doctors said that Trump had a “high fever” and that there had been two incidents when his oxygen levels dropped — one Friday and one Saturday. They said that Trump received oxygen at the White House on Friday; they were not clear about whether it was administered again Saturday. Medical experts said that despite the relatively upbeat tone of the news conference Sunday, the details of his treatment and the fact that his oxygen levels have been dropping showed that the illness has progressed beyond a mild case of COVID-19. Trump’s oxygen levels dropped to 93% at one point, his doctors said; that is below the 95% level that is considered the lower limit of the normal range. Many medical experts consider patients to have severe COVID-19 if their oxygen levels drop below 94%.
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