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so and it s always legitimate to be concerned about the health of the president of the united states, especially our oldest president. that said, this was pretty clearly a sort of messing-with-you variety of are you okay, because i suspect the reporter had already been told that yes, the president has a cold, the president doesn t have covid. so he probably already knew the answer to that question. but he put it very publicly in a messing-with-you way. libby, what did you think of that moment? there are a lot of questions being asked right now about president trump s case of covid a year ago, and so, you know, it just you build a track record, and you build a track record and a rapport with the press and you build some reliability. so what we re hearing from the white house is that this is a cold, that he s tested regularly. and i can t help but compare it
transition with this question to dr. hardy. if you re a patient in a michigan hospital right now how much different is the treatment able to you, the treatment you re able to give to your patients, than if you d been sick with covid a year ago and how much does that change the course of the pandemic, do you think? you know, i think the biggest thing we see is the monoclonal antibodies. currently restricting giving people with significant risk factor, unvaccinated, emergency department, people able toll go home. there s a significant increase they re bounce back because we see a lot of bouncebacks those who don t get thenecessarily qu. see them day three, then again on day seven and they get admitted. hopefully we can get them early and hopefully this new pill will do that.
it s why we have been doing it for 50 or 60 years. i know that my entire life. you twoont go to public school. you got to get a vaccination. you have four or fiver vaccinations and nobody was shocked or stunned or deeply sadden until donald trump politicized covid a year and a half ago. how stupid were these vaccines? they were developed because of donald trump. all of my kids are vaccinated and all of your kids are vaccinated. some of the states they re not in school yet. some of the states with the lowest rate of vaccinations, i think you are right. it s not that covid yes, covid is stressing everybody out. is i nice wearing a mask on an
the biggest disappointment is that this takes her out of it completely. several high-profile athletes have had to drop out of the games now after testing positive or due to covid protocols including 17-year-old american tennis star coco gauff. she didn t arrive here in japan when she got that positive test. but the concern is that this densely packed athletes village where sometimes there are eight people sharing a apartment with four people to a bathroom could be a breeding ground for a covid outbreak. and that s why athletes are being tested every day. they re told they have to wear masks at all times except when they re training and competing and eating and drinking. so obviously there is still a chance for things to be spread in that stage. one health expert was saying that japan s plan is based on what we knew about covid a year ago, but the delta variant has really changed the game. and that is raising fears of a superspreader event here. will, thank you so much. let s discu