WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden likely contracted a highly contagious variant of the coronavirus spreading rapidly through the United States, and now has body aches and a sore throat since his positive test, according to an update from his doctor on Saturday.
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The variant, known as BA.5, is an offshoot of the omicron strain that emerged late last year, and it’s believed to be responsible for the vast majority of coronavirus cases in the country.
Dr. Kevin O’Connor, the president’s physician, wrote in his latest update on Biden’s condition that Biden’s earlier symptoms, including a runny nose and a cough, have become “less troublesome.” O’Connor’s earlier notes did not mention the sore throat or body aches.
Biden’s vital signs, such as blood pressure and respiratory rate, “remain entirely normal,” and his oxygen saturation levels are “excellent” with “no shortness of breath at all,” the doctor wrote.
O’Connor said the results of the preliminary sequencing that indicated the BA.5 variant do not affect Biden’s treatment plan “in any way.”
Biden tested positive for the virus on Thursday morning. He has been isolating in the White House residence since then. Administration officials have emphasized that his symptoms are mild because he has received four vaccine doses, and he started taking the antiviral drug Paxlovid after becoming infected.
During a virtual meeting with economic advisers on Friday, Biden was hoarse but insisted, “I feel much better than I sound.”
In his previous update on Biden’s health, O’Connor said the president had an elevated temperature of 99.4 F on Thursday evening, but it returned to normal after taking Tylenol.
THIS IS JUST A STUNT TO KEEP OLD MAN FAR AWAY FROM THE PRESS, OR THE MEDIA.
This fake president is a joke for the entire world. The fact that someone like can be installed as president of the US with such chutzpah and impunity is proof that this country is a 100% controlled by democrat party which in turn is an arm of the american chapter ruling elites club
Stay in the basement senile Joe Ukrainians will keep their 10% cut to your druggie arist son
BACK TO THE BASEMENT !!!
he should of never come out of his bunker
I’m a brilliant lawyer, and I had the time to think through the issues.
Biden is evil and must go—one way or another.
The question is who is going to become president in 2024. If biden survives ’til then, and runs for a second term, it’s quite a good bet he would lose, as his popularity has dropped dramatically, and he already is beyond condition to campaign, and certainly incapable of debating.
My guess is that if biden is replaced by a different democrat candidate it would be more of a challenge for the republican to win.
I don’t like biden, but i don’t see any advantage with replacing him before 2024.
it’s all Trump’s and Putin’s fault !!!!!!!!!!!!!
its too bad that all the participants on his trip did not double mask and practice social distancing like dr faucci has sagely advised for years, sadly he was dismissed often by those who would prefer to ignore his on the ball advice.
He coughed on so many people, the old fool
B”DE
The president should feel better soon and the country should be healed too from all its ills, including the democratic party. He should get better so we don’t have to suffer with his vice president.
I hope he has a rapid and complete recovery.
I hope he feels better soon. I don’t think the man is doing a good job but still wish he can live out his years at a senior age home with good health