Covid 19 disease in October: Trump's condition was probably more serious than claimed

Covid-19 illness in October
Trump's condition was arguably more serious than claimed

In October, Donald Trump fell ill with Covid-19. The then US president was treated in a military hospital for three days. Now it is known: Apparently the Republican was far worse than the White House admitted at the time.

According to a report in the New York Times, the then US President Donald Trump's Covid 19 disease was more serious than the White House had admitted last year. The newspaper reported, citing four unnamed sources, that Trump's blood oxygen saturation had dropped to critical levels before he was transferred to hospital. Trump is also said to have had visible signs of pneumonia on X-rays, as the "New York Times" reported.

The 74-year-old Trump was brought to a military hospital by helicopter in early October 2020 because of Covid disease. During a three-day stay there, according to official information, he was treated with an experimental antibody agent from Regeneron, the virus inhibitor remdesivir and the steroid dexamethasone. Experts already saw indications of a more severe course of the disease in the use of the drugs.

According to the "New York Times", Trump's oxygen saturation was at times only over 80 percent. Experts usually consider less than 90 percent a critical condition. Such a low oxygen saturation is one of the reasons for the use of dexamethasone. The White House had officially said at the time that Trump's saturation had temporarily fallen to 93 percent.

In addition to Trump, several people from his environment were also infected last year, including the First Lady, Trump's campaign manager at the time and one of his closest advisers, Kayleigh McEnany.

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