Pres. Trump leaves Walter Reed National Military Medical Center and returns to White House

Anderson Cooper 360

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🗓️ 6 October 2020

⏱️ 50 minutes

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President Trump returned to the White House after being treated for coronavirus symptoms at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center. His return to the White House comes as more of his aides test positive and his doctors warn he isn’t “out of the woods yet.” Dr. Thomas Frieden, former CDC Director, tells Anderson Cooper “anyone who underestimates this virus is putting themselves at risk. They’re putting their family at risk and they’re putting those for whom they have responsibility at risk.” Plus, shortly after Trump returned to the White House he tweeted a video about coronavirus saying “Don’t let it dominate you. Don’t be afraid of it.” Katie Coelho lost her husband, Jonathan, to Covid-19 back in April. Katie was left to raise their two small children by herself. She joins AC360 to react to the President’s comments and says he’s weak and asks “what does he have to lose to show sympathy?” Airdate: October 5, 2020 Guests: Dr. Thomas Frieden Katie Coelho 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. Thanks for being with us after a long weekend at Walter Reed Medical Center,
0:05.9	the president of the United States returned to the White House a little more than an hour
0:09.0	ago, three days since he was taken to the hospital four days since we learned of his illness,
0:14.0	we still do not know how serious his condition was and is. The president is infected with
0:19.2	coronavirus and he is highly contagious. Yet before going into a White House, the president
0:23.6	took off his mask and posed for a photo op as the helicopter which brought him to part
0:28.3	it. He then turned around and without his mask walked inside, back into a White House that's
0:34.2	now already seen more COVID infections in the last of a days than the entire country of New Zealand has.
0:39.0	With his photo op, the president was trying to project strength. What he proved was his complete
0:44.5	disregard for anyone else forced to be around him. And in case you thought the whole thing wasn't
0:50.1	a public relations stunt, once he was inside and most people were no longer watching, he came back
0:54.9	outside with a camera crew to walk back inside. That's right, they restaged what was already a
1:01.7	completely staged event. And yes, still no mask. Tonight, there's still so much we do not know
1:08.4	about the president's health. We don't know why he was given the kind of drug treatment generally
1:12.9	reserved for only the most serious cases, including one sometimes mood altering medicine, a steroid
1:18.6	that can make a person feel better than the underlying condition actually is. Perhaps it's just
1:23.4	because he's the president and he could get it, but it is very rare that anybody would get this
1:28.1	kind of treatment. We don't know if he's being what he's being watched for or medicated to prevent
1:33.7	serious complications like blood clots. We don't know if he has had lung damage. That's one of the
1:38.2	top topics. His doctor refuses to say anything about. We don't even have a hint as to when he actually
1:44.8	contracted the virus. And that's important. We don't even know when his last negative test was.
1:50.4	He was supposed to be tested every day. That's what they've always claimed, but they refused to say
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