Donald Trump Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ==== Outbreak at the White House ==== {{Main|White House COVID-19 outbreak}} [[File:President Trump Boards Marine One (50436803733).jpg|thumb|upright=1.05|Trump boards [[Marine One]] for COVID-19 treatment on October 2, 2020.|alt=Donald Trump, wearing a black face mask, boards Marine One, a large green helicopter, from the White House lawn]] On October 2, 2020, Trump tweeted that he had tested positive for [[Coronavirus disease 2019|COVID-19]],<ref>{{cite web|last1=Liptak|first1=Kevin|last2=Klein|first2=Betsy|date=October 5, 2020|title=A timeline of Trump and those in his orbit during a week of coronavirus developments|url=https://cnn.com/2020/10/02/politics/timeline-trump-coronavirus/|access-date=October 3, 2020|work=[[CNN]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Ballhaus|first1=Rebecca|author-link1=Rebecca Ballhaus|last2=Bender|first2=Michael C.|author-link2=Michael C. Bender|title=Trump Didn't Disclose First Positive Covid-19 Test While Awaiting a Second Test on Thursday|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-didnt-disclose-first-positive-covid-19-test-while-awaiting-a-second-test-on-thursday-11601844813|work=[[The Wall Street Journal]]|date=October 4, 2020 |access-date=February 19, 2021 |archive-date=October 4, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201004210646/https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-didnt-disclose-first-positive-covid-19-test-while-awaiting-a-second-test-on-thursday-11601844813 |url-status=live}}</ref> part of a White House outbreak.<ref name="downplay">{{cite news|last1=Olorunnipa|first1=Toluse|author-link1=Toluse Olorunnipa|last2=Dawsey|first2=Josh|author-link2=Josh Dawsey|title=Trump returns to White House, downplaying virus that hospitalized him and turned West Wing into a 'ghost town'|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-walter-reed-discharge-mask/2020/10/05/91edbe9a-071a-11eb-859b-f9c27abe638d_story.html|access-date=October 5, 2020|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|date=October 5, 2020}}</ref><ref name="drug" /> Later that day [[Donald Trump's COVID-19 infection|Trump was hospitalized]] at [[Walter Reed National Military Medical Center]], reportedly due to fever and labored breathing. He was treated with antiviral and experimental antibody drugs and a steroid. He returned to the White House on October 5, still infectious and unwell.<ref name="downplay"/><ref name="sicker">{{cite web|last1=Weiland|first1=Noah|last2=Haberman|first2=Maggie|last3=Mazzetti|first3=Mark|last4=Karni|first4=Annie |author-link2=Maggie Haberman |author-link3=Mark Mazzetti |author-link4=Annie Karni|date=February 11, 2021|title=Trump Was Sicker Than Acknowledged With Covid-19|work=[[The New York Times]]|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/11/us/politics/trump-coronavirus.html |access-date=February 16, 2021}}</ref> During and after his treatment he continued to downplay the virus.<ref name="downplay"/> In 2021, it was revealed that his condition had been far more serious; he had dangerously low blood oxygen levels, a high fever, and lung infiltrates, indicating a severe case.<ref name="drug">{{cite web|last1=Thomas|first1=Katie|last2=Kolata|first2=Gina|author-link2=Gina Kolata|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/02/health/trump-antibody-treatment.html|title=President Trump Received Experimental Antibody Treatment|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=October 2, 2020|access-date=October 6, 2020}}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page