President Trump returns to the White House, continues coronavirus treatment

President Donald Trump has returned to the White House to continue his coronavirus treatment after leaving the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center on Monday.

“We have the best medical equipment, we have the best medicines, all developed recently, said the President in a video he posted on Twitter Monday night. “I know there’s a risk, there’s a danger, but that’s OK. And now I’m better, and maybe I’m immune, I don’t know.”

The president will be continually monitored by a team of doctors to ensure that his recovery is complete, and that he doesn’t pose a threat to others in the White House.

Alongside his aggressive treatment and recovery, the president will continue to pursue his reelection campaign as his team plans towards the next debate with Democratic nominee Joe Biden.

“Will be back on the Campaign Trail soon!!! The Fake News only shows the Fake Polls,” President Trump tweeted.

The president barely spent three days at the hospital following his announcement early Friday morning which sent news headlines blazing and financial markets filled with uncertainty. Earlier Monday, President Trump tweeted that he would be returning to the White House by evening, saying that he felt “really good”. He also told his nearly 87 million Twitter followers not to be “afraid of COVID.”

According to data by the John Hopkins University, more than 210,000 people have died from the novel coronavirus.

In a brief press meeting Monday evening, President Trump’s team of doctors said his condition has “continued to improve” over the past 24 hours. Yet, he still needed to be kept under medical care, according to Dr. Sean Conley, White House physician. Adding that, the President’s medical team is “cautiously optimistic” about his condition.

“…we’re in a bit of unchartered territory. So we’re looking to this weekend. If we can get through to Monday with him remaining the same or improving, better yet, then we will all take that final deep sigh of relief,” said Conley.

While Conley tried to only speak positive of the President’s condition, specific questions like when the President’s last negative test results were taken surfaced. He, however, refused to respond to such questions with respect to federal disclosure rules.

“There are HIPAA rules and regulations that restrict me in sharing certain things, for his safety and his own health reasons,” Conley said in response to a question which demanded results of Trump’s lung scans.

Some health experts doubt the possibility of Trump’s complete recovery anytime soon as they believe the virus has lasting health impacts and a full recovery is not always guaranteed.

“This virus does more than kill people. As a COVID surveyor myself, I can tell that you don’t necessarily recover fully. You can have cognitive dysfunction. You can be fatigued,” said Dr. Ian Lipkin, infectious disease expert at Columbia University. “There are all sorts of people with this long-haulers syndrome, so even if he comes through this without this terrible reaction which can occur around days 7 to 10, he may not recover fully. We won’t know that for some time.”