{"id":1567785,"date":"2022-07-23T14:04:11","date_gmt":"2022-07-23T18:04:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1567785"},"modified":"2022-07-23T14:04:22","modified_gmt":"2022-07-23T18:04:22","slug":"biden-sick-with-highly-contagious-covid-19-strain-but-continues-to-improve","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-sick-with-highly-contagious-covid-19-strain-but-continues-to-improve\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden Sick With Highly Contagious COVID-19 Strain But \u2018Continues to Improve\u2019"},"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%2Fbiden-sick-with-highly-contagious-covid-19-strain-but-continues-to-improve%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=1567785&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>President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-joe-biden\">Joe Biden<\/a> likely has the highly contagious BA.5 variant of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-covid-19\">COVID-19<\/a>, though his symptoms \u201ccontinue to improve,\u201d White House physician Kevin O\u2019Connor said in a July 23 memo.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHis primary symptoms, though less troublesome, now include sore throat, rhinorrhea, loose cough, and body aches,\u201d O\u2019Connor said in the memo, adding that Biden on Friday finished his second full day of Pfizer\u2019s antiviral pill Paxlovid and \u201ccontinues to tolerate treatment well.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The president is responding to therapy \u201cas expected,\u201d O\u2019Connor said, adding that his vital signs like pulse, blood pressure, breathing, and temperature \u201cremain entirely normal.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Based on preliminary sequencing, O\u2019Connor determined that Biden caught the \u201cparticularly transmissible\u201d BA.5 variant, which is the strain that\u2019s responsible for between 75\u00a0percent and 80 percent of current infections in the United States.<\/p>\n<p>Biden will continue to isolate and his condition will be monitored closely, the doctor added.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/s-sad-sa-dsa-d-sad-1200x749-1.jpg\"><\/a> President Joe Biden appeared in a video to speak about his COVID-19 case that was uploaded to his Twitter account on July 21, 2022. (President Joe Biden\/Twitter screenshot via The Epoch Times) Double Vaccinated and Twice Boosted <\/p>\n<p>The president, who is fully vaccinated and has taken two boosters, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/biden-tests-positive-for-covid-19-white-house_4612708.html\">tested positive<\/a> for COVID-19, the disease caused by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/giving-the-right-name-to-the-virus-causing-a-worldwide-pandemic-2_3277200.html\">CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus<\/a>, on July 21 and has reported \u201cvery mild symptoms.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In his <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/POTUS\/status\/1550153237021564943\">first statement<\/a> since getting sick, Biden said he was \u201cdoing great\u201d and \u201ckeeping busy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Noting that he was \u201cdouble vaccinated\u201d and \u201cdouble boosted,\u201d the president said he\u2019s \u201cgetting a lot of work done\u201d and thanked people for expressing concern about his health.<\/p>\n<p>Given Biden\u2019s age, he is considered at risk for developing a severe case of COVID-19.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Biden-1200x800-1.jpg\"><\/a> President Joe Biden waves as he walks to Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House on July 20, 2022. 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