US President Joe Biden tested positive for coronavirus today. “He has been fully vaccinated, revaccinated twice and is experiencing very mild symptoms. I started taking Paxlovid, the politician’s administration said.
In line with the recommendations, Biden will abide by the self-isolation regime, but will continue to fulfill his duties fully. He contacted White House staff by phone this morning and will later attend scheduled meetings via Zoom. The politician will return to his normal business as soon as he receives a negative test result.
“For full transparency, the White House will provide daily updates on the president’s status as he continues to perform all his duties while in isolation,” the statement said. Said.
On Thursday, the president would fly to Pennsylvania to give a speech on gun violence, and then spend the weekend at his home in Wilmington, Delaware. Both trips had to be cancelled.
Kevin O’Connor, the doctor of the American politician, announced that the president had a runny nose today and a dry cough the previous evening. He also complained of increased fatigue.
Biden’s prescribed Paxlovid is manufactured by the pharmaceutical company Pfizer. This is a protease inhibitor + ritonavir. It is recommended for patients with a high risk of hospitalization and serious complications, but with mild symptoms. The President of the United States turns 80 in November and is the oldest president in US history.
“Age Immune Deficiency”
Russian TV presenter and therapist Elena Malysheva said in an interview with socialbites.ca that the infection could be dangerous for Biden, who caught the coronavirus due to “age-related immunodeficiency”. According to him, policy needs to completely repeat childhood immunizations.
“Any infectious disease in old age is dangerous. This is because the main defenders against infections – the immune cells of the elderly – cease to function normally. In addition, their number is sharply reduced. This condition is called “age-related immunodeficiency”. To combat this, it is necessary to completely repeat childhood vaccinations at a later age. You also need to get a flu shot every year. And now, apparently, also from the coronavirus. Then, antibodies produced with the help of vaccines will kill the infection when it enters the body.
The country’s First Lady, Jill Biden, is now on a planned tour of the states of Michigan and Georgia. “I spoke to him a few minutes ago, he’s fine.” reported She tells reporters in Detroit about her husband’s condition.
First Lady spokesperson Michael LaRosa said Ms Biden tested negative for Covid on Thursday and therefore did not change her plans. It follows CDC guidelines on social distancing and wearing masks.
who is at risk
The White House Medical Department will keep everyone in close contact with the president, including members of Congress and the press. The President passed his previous COVID-19 test on July 19 and was negative.
On July 20, Biden attended an event in Massachusetts dedicated to tackling climate change. Also attending the meeting were Senators Elizabeth Warren and Ed Markey, climate ambassador John Kerry and climate consultant Gina McCarthy. No signs of disease were reported in them.
Biden for the first time last week visit Saudi Arabia, where he met with the king and heir apparent of the country, as well as the leaders of Iraq, the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia and Israel.
Under the 25th Amendment, if Biden’s condition worsens severely, Vice President Kamala Harris will be forced to serve as President of the United States. Biden was acting president for a little over an hour in November, while he was under anesthesia during a colonoscopy. White House informedHarris himself took a test today and got a negative result.
“healthy”
Since the beginning of his presidential campaign, Biden has had to fend off burning questions about his health and advanced age. By questionnaire Morning Consult, 50% of respondents aren’t sure Biden is healthy. Only 40% of respondents agree with the nation’s leader’s statement that “he is in good health”. American physician CJ Baker in his article for American Thinker highlightedIf Biden is re-elected for a second term, he may not see the end of it.
The day before Biden announcedHe got cancer due to environmental pollution in the region where he grew up. “When we moved to Delaware, I lived in an apartment and there was a small school I went to just up the road. My mom used to drive us so we wouldn’t have to walk. I had to turn on the windshield wipers to literally wash the oil stains off the windshield. [автомобиля]. That’s why I and many of the people I grew up with are cancer patients. “That’s why for a long time Delaware had the highest cancer rate in the country.”
Later at the White House clarifiedSpeaking about the cancer discovered in him, the politician said that it does not mean that he is currently sick.
As Biden’s presidential candidate in 2020, he took urgent measures to avoid contracting the coronavirus early in the pandemic. He generally avoided most of the events held during the election campaign. The politician also remained under tight lock during his first months in office. The number of employees he interacted with was limited, and members of the media were tested regularly. But recently, when the pandemic subsided, the president began to lead a normal life.
Biden was diagnosed with coronavirus amid another wave of COVID-19 in the United States, this time caused by the BA.5 variant. 13 July Tedros Ghebreyesus, head of the World Health Organization called The fact that all governments are introducing a mask regime shows that new sub-variants of the coronavirus continue to cause hospitalizations and deaths worldwide. In Russia, in the last two weeks, the proportion of subspecies “omicron” -strain BA.4 and BA.5 reached 51.67%.