Current Events > Unsurprisingly, we can now deduce that Trump has high blood pressure

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Given that they say that it is normal for him, rather than within the normal levels. Not exactly shocking, but it caught my attention. That would be another risk factor against him.

https://www.politico.com/news/2020/10/03/trump-hospital-covid-health-425840

President Donald Trump is doing very well as he battles the coronavirus, the presidents physician said Saturday, while indicating the presidents diagnosis came far earlier than the White House has said.

In a briefing to the press outside Walter Reed medical center, where the president has been since Friday night, Dr. Sean Conley said he was extremely happy with the progress the president has made, noting that the first several days are critical to determining how a coronavirus infection will progress. Trumps medical team also said the president is fever-free and not currently on supplemental oxygen a step frequently needed for patients with severe coronavirus cases.

Yesterday and today he has not been on oxygen, Conley said.

Saturdays briefing was the most thorough update on Trumps health since he revealed his positive test early Friday morning. But the comments immediately triggered a flurry of questions about whether Trump and the White House had misled the public, including his own supporters, about the circumstances of Trumps diagnosis, as well as the severity of his symptoms.

Members of Trumps medical team said it had been 48 hours since Trump started a key element of his treatment and 72 hours since he was diagnosed with coronavirus. But Trump only revealed his positive status early Friday morning about 36 hours before Saturdays briefing. If accurate, the timeline suggests Trump knew about his status on Wednesday the day of a campaign trip where he was surrounded by a largely unmasked crowd in Minnesota and long before he traveled to a fundraiser in New Jersey on Thursday after a senior aide had been diagnosed.

After Conleys briefing, the White House press pool reporter conveyed a statement from a source familiar with the presidents health that appeared to explain why the president had been hospitalized if he had not been on supplemental oxygen.

The presidents vitals over the last 24 hours were very concerning and the next 48 hours will be critical in terms of his care, the statement said. Were still not on a clear path to a full recovery.

At his briefing Conley revealed for the first time specifics on some of Trumps vitals, noting that his blood pressure and heart rate were both within Trumps normal range. Conley also said Trumps oxygen saturation the level of the gas in his blood was 96 percent, squarely within the normal range.

Still, Conley was hesitant to indicate how soon the president might be discharged from the hospital.

I dont want to put a hard date on that, he said.

Shortly after the president announced his infection, he went largely silent dropping his obsessive tweeting and not making any appearances. Throughout Friday, it was left to aides and allies to provide insight into his mild symptoms. Then, early Friday evening, the White House said it was taking Trump to Walter Reed hospital out of an abundance of caution for a few days. In a memo before the trip, Conley described the president as fatigued but in good spirits.

The sudden silence from Trump started to worry aides and allies as they waited for guidance on how to message the situation.

Later that night, Conley revealed the president had started taking the antiviral drug remdesivir and was doing very well. Preliminary data has shown the drug can help reduce recovery time for hospitalized coronavirus patients. But research has been inconclusive on whether the drug lowers the risk of death.

Trump has also completed an infusion of an experimental antibody drug produced by Regeneron receiving the highest dosage being tested in the ongoing clinical trial and is taking aspirin, zinc and vitamin D.

Notably, there has been no significant information released on Trumps vitals, such as his oxygen levels or blood pressure. Conley did say late Friday that Trump was not receiving supplemental oxygen.

To this point, Trumps only public appearance related to his condition has been a brief, 18-second video he released before going to Walter Reed, thanking his supporters and proclaiming, I think Im doing very well. He reiterated the message in a late-night tweet: Going welI, I think! Thank you to all. LOVE!!!

Late Friday night, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy tweeted that he had spoken by phone with Trump, calling the president upbeat and predicting: Our president is strong and will beat the virus!

With Trump in the hospital, Vice President Mike Pence has remained in his residence, even as the Trump campaign on Saturday announced Pence would headline a MAGA rally in Arizona on Thursday. Pence tested negative for Covid-19 on Friday and stepped in for Trump to host a scheduled conference call on the coronavirus that afternoon. Pences schedule for Saturday indicated he would remain at home. If Trumps condition worsens, the 25th Amendment allows for the president to transfer his powers to the vice president.

Trumps infection is part of an outbreak that has raced through the White House, the Trump campaign and Republican senators on Capitol Hill.

The first indication of a viral spread appeared Thursday evening when the White House confirmed that Hope Hicks, a close Trump aide who travels regularly with the president, had contracted the disease. Then a cascade of positive tests were revealed over the next 36 hours Trumps campaign manager, the head of the Republican National Committee and three GOP senators were just a few of people affected.

The infections are likely linked to several Republican gatherings over the last week.

Last Saturday, the White House held a Rose Garden ceremony to introduce Amy Coney Barrett, Trumps pick to replace Ruth Bader Ginsburg on the Supreme Court. Attendees at the event were largely maskless, and there were indoor receptions before and after the outdoor ceremony.

In the days that followed, the president traveled to several rallies and the first presidential debate, repeatedly putting him and his top aides in close proximity on helicopters and planes.

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I mean, I've literally never seen someone as obese as he is that doesn't have high blood pressure so this isn't a huge surprise.

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The obese 74 year old is unhealthy?! THIS SHOCKS ME!

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I feel like just being president would cause high blood pressure

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VonOrdelia posted...

I feel like just being president would cause high blood pressure

maybe if he actually cared about doing a good job

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He clarified that it was between 110 and 120, which is a healthy range (for the top number, if it was the bottom number then fuck). Now whether or not the doctor was lying is a different issue, but he didn't insinuate that his BP is regularly at unhealthy levels.

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We're all worried about his health. Perhaps he should step down and retire to a nice, quiet life in Vanuatu.

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Yea he did say it was in the 110-120 range but meh I dont trust those docs to be 100% truthful.

Notice how he kept dodging questions about Trump using oxygen. His only answer was hes not on it now. Then when asked specifically, hed say no he wasnt on it on that day. The only way this makes sense is if he was on oxygen at some point since his positive diagnosis.

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They should've put him on bleach and UV lights.

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Eliza3 posted...

Yea he did say it was in the 110-120 range but meh I dont trust those docs to be 100% truthful.

Notice how he kept dodging questions about Trump using oxygen. His only answer was hes not on it now. Then when asked specifically, hed say no he wasnt on it on that day. The only way this makes sense is if he was on oxygen at some point since his positive diagnosis.

Part of me imagines that Trump is already dead and they are just weekend at Berniesing this till they can figure out their messaging on it. The scene would go something like this.
Reporter: "Is the president on oxygen?"
Doc: "Well he's not on it as of right now"
*cut to interior of hospital room with them standing over the body panicking*

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VonOrdelia posted...

I feel like just being president would cause high blood pressure

I groan whenever i see people say shit like this. Trump has spent more time at the golf course than in the oval office.

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ScazarMeltex posted...

Part of me imagines that Trump is already dead and they are just weekend at Berniesing this till they can figure out their messaging on it.

Ever see the movie Dave?

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Didn't Trump's doctor write a letter that he was "the healthiest president ever"?

What if Trump is just too stupid to be sick? Like his body is so ignorant it ignores disease

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I'd be shocked if he didnt have high blood pressure