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and won t come out of isolation until he tests negative. obviously if we hear anymore developments, we ll certainly bring them to you. last hour i spoke with covid expert dr. scott and asked him what kind of risks the president faces. if you look at the history of covid regardless of the variant, the older you are the more significant your risk is. now, here is the president s positive. per what they tell us, and what we have known and disclosed, he has a very, very good health history. he doesn t have any chronic conditions and that is very important. so if you would throw in diabetes or throw in some other types of lung disease, his risk would go up significantly at 79. and then the other thing that is a positive for him is his weight. being overweight is a very significant risk factor. so and then let s not
u.s. president biden says he is doing well after testing positive for covid-19. the 79-year-old president is now isolating inside the white house for the next few days and taking the covid antiviral drug paxlovid. he released a video saying his symptoms were mild. hey folks, guess you heard this morning i tested positive for covid. but i ve been double vaccinated, double boosted, symptoms are mild. and i really appreciate your concerns. i m doing well. getting a lot of work done. physicians will be keeping a close eye on the president s health in the coming days. dr. sanjay gupta has more on his treatment. reporter: we know the president tested positive thursday morning. he did have some symptoms in terms of a cough and not feeling well. he last tested negative on tuesday. so really wednesday was the one day we re not exactly sure what his status was. but at this point, he is someone