Reaction and analysis from Fox News medical contributor Dr. Marc Siegel.
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Ainsley. Thank you so much
Griff
lets bring in Dr Marc Siegel
Fox NEWS, medical contributor
good Morning, Dr Siegel
Good morning.
Ainsley. What do we know, someone
of his age, seventy three, seventy four years old
he doesnt have any Como bid at
this no diabetes,
seventy four being confirmed,
CO, morbidities, no diabetes, no
heart disease,
he doesnt smoke
and he doesnt have lung
disease and he doesnt have
underlying kidney disease, which
is key.
Doesnt have high blood
pressure.
All of those bode well,
the fact that he is over. Seventy
means that everyone has to be
very, very cautious about this
and, of course, that he is
overweight.
I have to tell you look at the
other end of the periscope. I
have taken care of patients,
elderly covid antibodies. Where
did that come from they havent
had symptoms.
A vast majority of people still
have no symptoms or have very,
very small, minor symptoms,
im hoping that will be true
with the president and first
lady as well. It
may very well end up being the
case
and the fact that hope Hicks had
symptoms, though, makes me
concerned that this is actually
real,
that these are real cases
and another point I want to make
that Griff Jenkins just pointed
out.
You know its not just one
test:
the chief of staff is testing
negative
but of course, hes going to be
retested,
and we have to continue to be
village length on anyone thats
around the President
Brian the way I understand
Dr Siegel, and there has been so
many nuances and definitions of
this virus.
You could have it, but you could
test negative for it because it
takes about three days once you
get it to test positive for it
and after once you enter that
im wondering about the test
itself.
When you go to the White House
to interview the president, as
did you, you get that rapid
test.
You know in fifteen minutes whether
you are positive or not, or you
go forward or go home.
The president gets that every
day
im wondering he said to Shawn. I
got a test im waiting
that cant be the 15 minute
test
its got to be: do you think
he possibly had the 15 minute
test? They said its eighty percent
positive eighty percent accurate and then
went for an additional test.
I think that thats, probably
true, he probably had the what we call.
He probably had the what we call
the pcr test, the nasal swab,
given again that hope, Hix had
symptoms that this result is
real and also that the first
lady tested positive
again. The fact that he is
asymptomatic is a really good
sign.
We have to watch that very very
closely over the next several
days.
There is no question in my mind
by the way Brian he can
perform his duties. One hundred percent,
no symptoms,
thats, not even an issue on the
table here,
Steve, okay,
what we do know about hope, Hicks
and she tested positively, and
the news was broken by Bloomberg.
First, before the president and
first lady typically- and there
is a picture- you know- stock
picture from a while back
typically, Dr Siegel, the
symptoms appear after about five
days,
can be as early as two
can be as late as fourteen as well.
What people are going to start
to do is they are going to try
to do reverse contact tracing on
her from what is known of her
personal schedule, Et Cetera,
as Ainsley said, she was
traveling with the president a
couple of days ago and went to
some rallies and things like
that.
So is that how you figure out
where it came from, or does it
even matter
Steve? What you just said
means that the CDC is probably
going to hire you, because you
got that exactly right
and listen. When this news
first broke at 100, a dot m,
everyone was saying whoa. Hope
Hix was on air force, one with
the president and first lady on
Wednesday, and you know on AIR
Force One. I want to point out
all planes planes have hepa filt,
which are excellent at filtering
out viruses. Ninety five percent of the time
you are still on close quarters
on a plane and still dont have
ideal venting. Labor relation
must be air force, one
it probably wasnt, because it
was too quick
too close to when he tested
positive
Steve. We should also point out
that, apparently, when she was
traveling back with the
President on AIR force, one, she
was feel Ling, poorly
Ainsley isolated, her
quarantined her on the plane,
thats good
Ainsley will he will
obviously stay in quarantine? Is
he doing that? How long does he
have to stay in quarantine?
I have heard ten days and fourteen
days
first debate. He said he test. You
had positive last night
October, first,
first debate October, I mean
second debate down in Miami.
The reason for confusion is
because originally the CDC said
fourteen days
over time, they started to test
that and change it,
and the number became ten days
ten days total.
But what we like to see is
two negative tests.
If the president continues to
feel well somewhere around day,
six or seven, he will get a test
and then get another test,
and then he will be able to go
back.
I think ten days is the magic
number here
in the cases of people returning
to work. By the way, sometimes we
will cut it as short as seven
days from diagnosis, but of
course we are going to be ultra
careful here with the president,
so I think it will be ten days
Brian. You cant forget about
the first lady testing positive
Dr Siegel too.
She is in such fine shape and
younger.
You focus more on president,
especially because of the
position.
Let me ask you something:
is he your patient?
He tests positive
so far. According to reports he
doesnt have any symptoms.
Do you treat him with
remdesivir? Do you give him this
steroid cocktail that people are
talking about?
Do you give him just recommend,
zinc or vitamin d?
How do you treat him if he comes
into your office and tests
positive,
really excellent question?
Brian
first of all, I like the points
you made about zinc and vitamin
D.
I do think those are both good
ideas.
I think they are pretty much
harmless.
I would consider that
remdesivir is working but thats,
something we would give to
somebody thats asymptomatic,
even the president and the
steroid, using later in the game
when people are hospitalized
thats not going to be given to
him.
The thing thats really
interesting here: mono Chrome, mow,
antibodies against the virus
against the protein in the
virus,
Brian, whose antibodies, though
your own
thats plasma like yours or
mine, that somebody that
recovered
im talking about synthetic
made in the lab synthetic
antibodies.
Two studies out over the past
week that showed they work very
well, even in mildly Tom is mild
or asymptomatic. Patients
still thought there yet
im looking down the road,
I dont think he will get that
either if he remains
asymptomatic.
Steve Brian was talking about
some of the therapeutics out
there,
famously the president revealed
that in the spring, after one of
the valets at the White House,
who had been serving him, food
et Cetera, tested positively and
had not been wearing a mask. The president apparently went on
the president apparently went on
a course of Hydroxychloroquine.
He said he had stopped taking
that he had been taking it
prophylactically in anticipation,
he might be at risk
looking at what he did at that
point. Does that impact
anything
well? Listen, Steve, I think
early in the pandemic. We all
thought that that was a really
good treatment.
My father took that and
recovered.
My mother ended up with
antibodies.
They both ended up. Testing
positive,
as time has gone on. Research
has not really backed that up
still being used in many places
around the world with zinc.
I would have to tell you
honestly, I dont think its ever
been ruled out.
We are in the middle of a
pandemic here.
Things are going at lightning
speed.
Studies have not proven that,
but I dont really believe that
they have disproven it either.
The reason the president was
using it early on is because a
lot of people were thinking. This
is something that really might
work.
It hasnt been ruled out.
Transcript generated on 2020-10-17.