A top pulmonologist predicts President Donald Trump will quickly recover from COVID-19.
Dr. Qanta Ahmed of the NYU Langone Health center made her comments on Friday during an appearance on Fox News' “Fox & Friends.”
“Our president is constitutionally incredibly strong,” she said. “He operates more like a 45-year-old than a 74-year-old in terms of his stamina. He has no underlying comorbidities. He will naturally resolve this quickly."
She added: “I’m extremely confident that the president will resolve this. And in a few days, we’ll be talking about his PCR test coming back negative.”
She said the president’s doctors would likely be considering administering the therapeutic drug remdesivir to Trump.
And Ahmed cautioned that “we must not panic if the president is going to be moved to an area of higher monitoring. It does not necessarily mean Trump is critically ill.”
The doctor noted world leaders are treated slightly differently from others “because of the stakes are so high.“
“This is the president,” she said. “The goal is to bring him to PCR negative as soon as possible.”
Trump said early Friday that he and first lady Melania have tested positive for COVID-19.
His physician said that Trump and the first lady “are both well at this time” and “plan to remain at home within the White House during their convalescence.
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