How sick is President Trump? Here’s what we know.

Oct 5, 2020 9 min

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The <a href="https://apple.news/A5flNb-uDR42a0s7nQCpHlQ?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Wall Street Journal</a> breaks down the latest developments regarding President Trump’s health after his diagnosis with COVID-19 late last week. <a href="https://apple.news/AL9_H0xFRQGypP6pe1r4iMQ?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Axios</a> examines comments at the Sunday press briefing by White House physician Sean Conley. And the <a href="https://apple.news/A4oosPGL_QN-1G05DNh0K9w?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Hill</a> reports that Trump took a drive by the crowd gathered outside Walter Reed military hospital — a move that drew criticism from some medical professionals. Tim Alberta writes for <a href="https://apple.news/ArL-GHc_cREae5PK9kBlU4A?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Politico Magazine</a> about White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows and how his recent contradictory statements about the president’s health align with a reputation of being at times dishonest and unreliable. <a href="https://apple.news/Ak2IL8aOfTmWpkDBjUVcDmw?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Vox</a> says that since news broke of Trump’s diagnosis, more than 97,000 people in the U.S. have tested positive for the virus. The <a href="https://apple.news/Ax5zWNKCfQGq4s_hJ-W7csA?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Washington Post</a> explains how a Rose Garden gathering celebrating the Supreme Court nomination of Amy Coney Barrett became a possible “superspreader" event. And Peter Nichols in the <a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2020/10/trumps-covid-19-diagnosis-white-house-safe/616585/">Atlantic</a> notes that protocol at the White House has barely changed since the news that many people in Trump’s circle are sick. <a href="https://apple.news/AARAh4T7OQGO5DmmsfYsK5A?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">National Geographic</a> details different instances throughout history when a president has fallen seriously ill. And <a href="https://apple.news/AA32VMqsaQvqpJrhGM7fzGg">Stat</a> spoke with several doctors who notice a disconnect between the White House’s positive message and the aggressive medical protocol the president is receiving.

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