We Don’t Want to Tell the Truth

Does this make any sense?

The security of the United States is at risk.

President Donald Trump’s physician, Navy Cmdr Dr. Sean Conley, held a second medical briefing that again raised more questions than answers about the President’s condition.

Conley failed to answer basic questions about the President’s condition and admitted that he had omitted those alarming drops in the President’s oxygen levels during a news conference Saturday because he wanted to “reflect the upbeat attitude” that the team and the President had about his condition and didn’t want “to give any information that might steer the course of illness in another direction.”

Conley acknowledged that his evasive answers “came off that we were trying to hide something” but said that “wasn’t necessarily true,” adding that the President is “doing really well” and is responding to treatment.

In other words the president’s condition could be impacted by giving the press information about his health.

Here are some facts itemized in the Los Angeles Times about how long it can take for COVID-19 symptoms to worsen among patients who develop severe illness, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

  • After onset of illness or symptoms, the median time it can take to start feeling shortness of breath is five to eight days.
  • After onset of illness or symptoms, the median time it can take to start to experience acute respiratory distress syndrome is eight to 12 days.
  • After onset of illness or symptoms, the median time it can take to be admitted to the intensive care unit is 10 to 12 days.

“Clinicians should be aware of the potential for some patients to rapidly deteriorate one week after illness onset,” the CDC said on its website.

Among patients who do become hospitalized, about 26% to 32% have been admitted to the intensive care unit, according to the CDC.

Among those who entered the intensive care unit, the mortality rate among those patients ranged from 39% to 72%.

The median length of hospitalization among those who survived was 10 to 13 days.

Donald Trump’s philosophy of showing strength denies both people in government and the public the truth.  He is not the first president to keep secrets about his health.