Pres. Trump hospitalized at Walter Reed Medical Center after testing positive for Covid-19

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🗓️ 3 October 2020

⏱️ 53 minutes

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President Trump took Marine One to Walter Reed Medical Center to stay “for at least a few days” after testing positive for Covid-19. In a short video tweeted out, Trump said, “I think I’m doing very well” and he’s going “to make sure that things work out.” The President was said to be spooked after he announced he tested positive, and has become increasingly alarmed by his diagnosis as he developed symptoms like a fever overnight, according to a person familiar with his reaction. Dr. Celine Gounder is an Infectious Disease Specialist and Epidemiologist, as well as a CNN Medical Analyst. She joins AC360 to react to President Trump’s hospitalization and says it’s hard to pinpoint exactly when Trump was infected because daily testing may not actually be happening at the White House which makes it hard to contact trace. Plus, President Trump being hospitalized for coronavirus is the most serious health threat to a sitting President since Ronald Reagan was shot in 1981. CNN Senior Political Analyst David Gergen was working in the Reagan White House at the time. He tells Anderson Cooper that experience taught him a lot of things, including how important it is for the government to be straightforward and truthful so the American people know the full story. . Airdate: October 2, 2020 Guests: David Gergen Dr. Celine Gounder To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Good evening. We begin with a picture of the most serious presidential health crisis
0:04.4	since the attempt on Ronald Reagan's life nearly four decades ago. President Trump
0:07.9	being chopper by Marine Juan to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda,
0:12.3	Maryland, a stunning sight, seeing that helicopter land and wait for the president. He's being
0:18.0	treated for COVID, which as of tonight has killed nearly 209,000 Americans, including
0:22.5	so many in the President's age group. Both he and the first lady are infected, both
0:26.9	showing symptoms. The President tweeted out a video made shortly before leaving the
0:30.9	White House.
0:32.9	I want to thank everybody for the tremendous support I'm going to Walter Reed Hospital.
0:38.8	I think I'm doing very well, but we're going to make sure that things work out. The first
0:44.1	lady is doing very well. So thank you very much. I appreciate it. I will never forget.
0:50.0	Thank you.
0:51.0	Surely before airtime, we learned that three journalists who work in the White House
0:54.4	have also tested positive that's according to the White House Correspondence Association.
0:58.9	Senior advisor, Hope Hicks, also tested positive, was showing symptoms as of Wednesday night.
1:05.0	Utah Center, Mike Lee, is also infected along with the President of Notre Dame University.
1:09.2	They both attended a White House ceremony last Saturday announcing the Supreme Court
1:13.5	nomination of Amy Coney Barrett. At the event, as you can see here, there was no social
1:18.8	distancing, very few masks were being worn. Because that was followed by a string of
1:23.6	campaign trips, plus the debate on Tuesday, the list of people the President and First
1:27.6	Lady have been in contact with is daunting. Frankly, so too is the number of people who
1:32.7	have been largely kept in the dark, including the President's own task force, according
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