Trump Joins Coronavirus-Positive World Leaders

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Nutrition, Health & Fitness, Mental Health

4.5 • 8K Ratings

🗓️ 5 October 2020

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Last week the world learned that President Donald Trump had tested positive for Covid-19, joining the list of coronavirus infections with global implications. CNN Chief Medical Correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta looks at other high-profile cases and the insight they may provide. 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	As you certainly know by now, President Donald Trump has tested positive for COVID-19 and
0:07.0	is dealing with the disease in the hospital.
0:09.8	This of course after months of downplaying its severity and with 29 days left until the
0:14.4	election.
0:15.4	So the presidency is now facing one of its most serious health crises since Ronald Reagan
0:20.3	was shot in 1981.
0:22.5	Here's an update from Trump himself.
0:25.4	This was something that happened and it's happened to millions of people all over the
0:29.2	world and I'm fighting for them.
0:31.4	Not just in the U.S. I'm fighting for them all over the world.
0:34.4	We're going to beat this coronavirus or whatever you want to call it and we're going to beat
0:39.0	it soundly.
0:40.2	So many things have happened.
0:42.2	If you look at the therapeutics which I'm taking right now, some of them and others are
0:48.2	coming out soon that are looking like, frankly, the miracles.
0:52.2	If you want to know the truth, they're miracles.
0:54.2	People criticize me when I say that.
0:56.0	But we have things happening that look like they're miracles coming down from God.
1:01.4	So I just want to tell you that I'm starting to feel good.
1:06.9	You don't know over the next period of a few days, I guess that's the real test.
1:11.7	Trump isn't the first world leader to be diagnosed with COVID-19, but he is the latest with
1:17.0	significant global implications.
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