Posted on 07/22/2022 1:15:20 PM PDT by lightman
Former White House COVID-19 testing chief Brett Giroir weighed in on former President Joe Biden’s COVID-19 diagnosis, saying that the president’s advanced age puts him “at risk” of severe symptoms.
A report issued Friday by the physician to the 79-year-old president (pdf) said that Biden had a temperature of 99.4 degrees Fahrenheit on Thursday night and his “temperature has remained normal since then,” according to the White House. He also took the Pfizer drug Paxlovid and is “tolerating treatment well” while it is anticipated that Biden will “respond favorably” to the treatment.
But Giroir, a pediatrician, told Fox News Friday that because of Biden’s “advanced age” and “underlying health conditions,” he’s “at risk.
“I think we need to be quite careful because the president is at advanced age,” Giroir advised. “He also has underlying health conditions, including Atrial fibrillation. He’s had previous aneurysms and strokes. So, I would be cautious. I wouldn’t be so rosy … that everything is going to be fine. He is at risk.”
Data and numerous studies have shown that elderly people have the greatest risk of COVID-19-related hospitalization or death of any age group. Meanwhile, children and young adults have the lowest risk.
“The other issue I would say is Paxlovid is a very good drug, but it has drug-drug interactions with many of the drugs I believe the president is on, including blood thinners or anti-coagulants, and it could cause dangerous changes in that,” Giroir added. “So, I’m sure the White House medical unit is on this and is monitoring that. But that is one issue with Paxlovid in addition to the rebound that I would watch for in the president.”
Paxlovid
The former Trump administration testing chief was making reference to alerts sent out by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) several weeks ago to healthcare providers about the so-called “COVID rebound,” or a recurrence of symptoms, associated with Paxlovid.
Last month, White House adviser Anthony Fauci revealed that he was taking Paxlovid for COVID-19 and developed a recurrence of symptoms after testing negative for three days. Fauci, who at age 81 is also at risk, said he tested positive on the fourth day.
“Over the next day or so, I started to feel really poorly, much worse than in the first go around,” the longtime federal employee told a panel in late June. “So, I went back on Paxlovid and right now I am on my fourth day of a five-day course.”
As for Biden, he released a video on Twitter Thursday while speaking from a White House balcony saying he’s “fine” and is “keeping busy.”
On Friday, his account said that “Biden continued working from the White House this morning, including speaking by phone with his national security team.”
Gee, really!? I hadn't heard that before.
Oh, wait, I heard that in March or April of 2020.
Is there something they are not telling us?????
“losing the sense of smell may make him stop sniffing children...”
Maybe not. It may result in Biden sniffing longer because his demented mind doesn’t understand why he is not smelling anything.
Agreed!
Has the time come? Or can they get more time out of the useful idiot?
Kamala and Gov. Hairdo are ready to go!
Way to take him out and treat him like a hero
Poor Brandon! Karma IS A BITCH!
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You misspelled Kamala.
What side effects you talking about? You took the jabs and speaking from personal experience or regurgitating second hand without personal experience?
I speak from PERSONAL EXPERIENCE of 4 jabs of Moderna covid vaccine. It has been year and half since first jab for all 7 of my family members and no one has had adverse side effects.
Based on personal & real experience the vaccines are a big nothing burger in causing adverse effects.
I can add that I have no evidence to prove the vaccines are effective in creating anti-bodies. All I know based on real and personal experience of my 7 close family members, ranging in age from 28 to 82, the vaccines are a big nothing burger in causing adverse side effects.
Don’t get your hopes up.
Brandon will not die from covid anytime soon.
If he had 4 jabs of covid vaccines.
No vaccine can prevent infection. But effective vaccines will help kill the virus after it infects.
Spoil Sport ;-)
They’re worried about COVID and not about his cancer?
.....and after him ?
Testing Czar? We need a Czar to test?
IOW, we could see that he gets COVID (or an accidental fouple-jab).
I'm sure that's what they were saying in early 2021.
This is analogous to, "The cat's on the roof and we can't get it down." (Capricorn One reference)
The whole thing is just a ruse to get him out of the spotlight for awhile, after he made such a damn fool of himself in the Middle East.
99.4 is not considered a fever temperature anymore.
They need a few days to juice him up again before unleashing him in public. Just like an EV.
His best shot is getting lot of rest, taking vitamins C and D, and avoiding medicines with side effects that are worse than the disease.
At least a reason he’d be removed. Anything goes with this administrations tricks to cover or hide whats really going on with this President.
He is SO cherished by the nation that loves him that he should lie in state in the capital for at least a month — unembalmed. Nah, the rest of the summer.
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