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Saturday afternoon, a week after the announcement he tested positive for Covid-19, President Donald Trump made his first public appearance of the balcony of the White House. Below him, hundreds of guests - mainly men and Hispanic women and women - gathered on the lawn. Although many masks, few social distances were witnesses and health experts are not only concerned about the potential spread of the virus at the event, but the message sent by the president to the pandemic during his speech. .

"Bring a large crowd to the White House while possibly infectious, it's a very bad idea, to say the least"Darren Mareiniss, MD, Facece, Emergency medicine doctor at Einstein Medical Center in Philadelphia and expert in preparation for the pandemic explains toEat this, not that! Health. Read on and ensure your health and health of others, do not miss theseWithout signs that you have already had coronavirus.

Unnecessary risk

Dr Maieiniss also stresses that the visited demographic Trump to the event is considered a higher risk. SpeakCDCThe two groups are almost 5 times more likely to be hospitalized with the virus than whites. "Hispanics and African Americans in our country have been affected disproportionately by the pandemic," he explains. It's really ridiculous to submit them to potential risks. Overall, it was "very deaf from him and irresponsible" to welcome the event.

Then there was his speech himself and to know his assertion that the virus will disappear."As you know, the facts do not support this idea," says Dr. Maieiniss. "Currently, business increases and all the evidence indicates a potentially difficult winter."

Near the end, President Trump also stated that locks are non-scientific and do not hurt the economy. "Truth is abundant proof that social distancing measures likely to prevent millions of infections," says Dr. Mareiniss. "In addition, evidence of pandemic studies of 1918 show that non-chamois interventions and distancing measures, when adopted early by cities, significantly decreased the burden of disease and mortality."

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Some tests are less accurate than others

On Saturday night, Trump's Trump doctor, Dr. Sean Conley released a note note that Trump is no longer contagious.

"Tonight, I am pleased to point out that, in addition to the President meets CDC criteria for the safe stop of isolation, the COVID PCR sample of this morning demonstrates, by current standards, it is no longer Considered as a risk of transmission for others, "he read. He added that Trump is 10 days from the beginning of the symptoms, did not have a fever for "much more than 24 hours" and diagnostic tests confirm that "there is no more evidence of actively replication of the virus".

However, Dr. Mareiniss stresses that in addition to all tests that may have a false negative rate, some diagnostic tests - including the ABBOTT LABS PCR test, which the white house used - has been shown potentially inaccurate. . "It's a much faster test than other PCR tests, taking minutes rather than hours. However, prior studies at Nyu have shown that it has not detected Covid-19 in 1/3 d Samples with a known virus, "he explains. "Other PCR tests can be more accurate." Therefore, "even if the test is negative, it is not 100% insurance."

In addition, there is the fact that "the President seemed to correspond to the criteria of a serious CIVID-19 infection" and "CDC guidelines recommend up to 20 days of isolation". As for yourself: go through this pandemic at your healthier, do not miss these35 places you are most likely to catch Covid.