{"id":1566848,"date":"2022-07-22T15:49:59","date_gmt":"2022-07-22T19:49:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1566848"},"modified":"2022-07-22T15:50:02","modified_gmt":"2022-07-22T19:50:02","slug":"ex-white-house-testing-czar-says-biden-at-risk-after-contracting-covid-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ex-white-house-testing-czar-says-biden-at-risk-after-contracting-covid-19\/","title":{"rendered":"Ex-White House Testing Czar Says Biden \u2018At Risk\u2019 After Contracting COVID-19"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fex-white-house-testing-czar-says-biden-at-risk-after-contracting-covid-19%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1566848&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Former White House <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-covid-19\">COVID-19<\/a> testing chief Brett Giroir weighed in on former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-joe-biden\">Joe Biden<\/a>\u2019s COVID-19 diagnosis, saying that the president\u2019s advanced age puts him \u201cat risk\u201d of severe symptoms.<\/p>\n<p>A report issued Friday by the physician to the 79-year-old president (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Letter-7.22.pdf\">pdf<\/a>) said that Biden had a temperature of 99.4 degrees Fahrenheit on Thursday night and his \u201ctemperature has remained normal since then,\u201d according to the White House. He also took the Pfizer drug Paxlovid and is \u201ctolerating treatment well\u201d while it is anticipated that Biden will \u201crespond favorably\u201d to the treatment.<\/p>\n<p>But\u00a0Giroir, a pediatrician, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/clips\/2022\/07\/21\/giroir-on-biden-testing-positive-for-covid-he-is-at-risk\/\">told<\/a> Fox News Friday that because of Biden\u2019s \u201cadvanced age\u201d and \u201cunderlying health conditions,\u201d he\u2019s \u201cat risk.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think we need to be quite careful because the president is at advanced age,\u201d Giroir advised. \u201cHe also has underlying health conditions, including Atrial fibrillation. He\u2019s had previous aneurysms and strokes. So, I would be cautious. I wouldn\u2019t be so rosy \u2026 that everything is going to be fine. He is at risk.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Data and numerous studies have shown that elderly people have the greatest risk of COVID-19-related hospitalization or death of any age group. Meanwhile, children and young adults have the lowest risk.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe other issue I would say is Paxlovid is a very good drug, but it has drug-drug interactions with many of the drugs I believe the president is on, including blood thinners or anti-coagulants, and it could cause dangerous changes in that,\u201d Giroir added. \u201cSo, I\u2019m sure the White House medical unit is on this and is monitoring that. But that is one issue with Paxlovid in addition to the rebound that I would watch for in the president.\u201d<\/p>\n<p> Paxlovid <\/p>\n<p>The former Trump administration testing chief was making reference to alerts sent out by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) several weeks<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former White House COVID-19 testing chief Brett Giroir weighed in on former President Joe Biden\u2019s COVID-19 diagnosis, saying that the president\u2019s advanced age puts him \u201cat risk\u201d of severe symptoms. 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