Some thoughts from the update on the President’s condition:

They said illness for 72 hours? Seems to be a different timeline than we heard.
They also said he got antibodies 48 hours ago. That’s Thursday morning.
Also they said not on oxygen NOW. Repeatedly. Which suggests he had been on at some point.
Won’t talk about date of his last negative test. This is a BIG question.
Reports that PPE protocols are the same as for everyone else.
Daily ultrasounds?!?! That seems excessive.
Another oxygen question. It seems pretty clear that he was on oxygen.
NO HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE.
Contact tracing per CDC guidelines. Good.
Thursday afternoon was tested. Pcr confirmation that evening. Same as what we were told.
For remdesivir: on 5 day treatment. May need to stay at Walter Reed for full course. But constantly reconsidered.
Any other risk factors?

‘Not particularly’

He’s male. He’s 74. He’s ‘slightly overweight’.
Other vitals:

HR 70s
BP good

Earlier they said oxygen at 96%
Why was he transferred to Walter Reed?

“Because he’s president of the United States”
Not being proned
He clearly received oxygen. Good lord, just say it.
First Lady doing well!
And an abrupt end!
MY TAKEAWAYS:

The timeline is off. 72 hours since his diagnosis?

He was clearly on oxygen at some point. I mean, come on. This is important.

No answer on steroids (it was asked). That would be very very revealing.

We don't know his last negative test. We need to know.
We're told he has daily ultrasounds. Not clear why that would be the case. Would rather know the results of a CXR or CT scan.

Loads more questions than answers quite frankly.
Still stuck on this point that he was 'diagnosed' 72 hours ago.

We just found out 36 hours ago.

I'm confused. Maybe they misspoke?

More from Trump

Long thread: Because I couldn’t find anything comprehensive, I’m just going to post everything I’ve seen in the news/Twitter about Trump’s activities related to the Jan 6th insurrection. I think the timing & context of his actions/inactions will matter a lot for a senate trial.

12/12: The earlier DC protest over the electoral college vote during clearly inspired Jan 6th. On Dec 12th, he tweeted: “Wow! Thousands of people forming in Washington (D.C.) for Stop the Steal. Didn’t know about this, but I’ll be seeing them! #MAGA.”


12/19: Trump announces the Jan. 6th event by tweeting, “Big protest in D.C. on January 6th. Be there, will be wild!” Immediately, insurrectionists begin to discuss the “Wild Protest.” Just 2 days later, this UK political analyst predicts the violence


12/26-27: Trump announces his participation on Twitter. On Dec. 29, the FBI sends out a nationwide bulletin warning legislatures about attacks https://t.co/Lgl4yk5aO1


1/1: Trump tweets the time of his protest. Then he retweets “The calvary is coming” on Jan. 6!” Sounds like a war? About this time, the FBI begins visiting right wing extremists to tell them not to go--does the FBI tell the president? https://t.co/3OxnB2AHdr

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