Donald Trump officially resumed his public appearances and engagements on Saturday. Hours after the event inside the White House, his doctor released a memo, stating that the U.S. President is no longer at risk of transmitting the deadly coronavirus.
Dr. Sean Conley explained that Trump has met the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's criteria for discontinuing his isolation. The latest COVID PCR sample no longer considers him a "transmission risk" to others.
While this is good news for Trump and his camp, the official memo does not say that he received a negative coronavirus test, according to CNN. Based on the CDC's guidelines, though, a negative test result is not part of the criteria for clearing isolation.
Regardless, the publication said that the "memo's opacity" only adds to the overall confusion. As it appears, the public still does not know when Donald Trump last tested negative for COVID-19 before his actual infection hit the headlines, adding that the U.S. President has remained eager to distract his audience about the issue.
Conley, however, included in the latest memo that Trump's case no longer possesses evidence of "actively replicating virus." He, also, noted that the American leader is ten days from the onset of symptoms, noting that he has remained fever-free for over 24 hours.
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During his latest appearance on the White House balcony, Donald Trump said that he is "feeling great." He thanked everyone for the well-wishes and prayers amid his recovery, according to Fox News.
Several reports, however, noticed that the event featured "little social distancing." Not to mention, it came just two weeks after the U.S. President held another large gathering, which the public has since referred to as a "super-spreader event," when he formally nominated Amy Coney Barrett in replacement of the late Ruth Baden Ginsburg. This event, reportedly, saw attendees of more than two dozens testing positive for COVID-19.
Donald Trump's appearance on Saturday did not last more than 20 minutes. Aside from throwing shades toward his rivals, reports said that he continued to downplay the COVID-19 crisis as he ensured his audience that the country would "defeat it." He, also, continued to refer to it as the "Chine Virus," noting that, while there are "flare-ups," it is disappearing, and vaccines will come to help.
In relation to the COVID-19 vaccines, Trump said that it is coming out "very soon." However, the CDC, reportedly, claimed that the majority of the American public will not likely get a vaccine until mid-2021.
