Second president ial debate of this general election season. Again, the reason we got here is because President Trump dropped out of the second debate. Vice President Joe Biden then scheduled a town hall on abc news. That is ongoing. The president then was offered this hour of time on nbc, simulcast on msnbc and cnbc to do what amounted to a dueling town hall. Were not going to spend the whole hour tonight talking about this, but i do feel like just to be responsible, i want to give you a little bit of summation. There was some news made, especially right at the top, under sharp questioning from Savannah Guthrie. The president told us some stuff about his own covid experience that is new. The president , in his own words, asked about whether or not he had pneumonia, says that he was told his lungs looked a little different, perhaps infected. Theyve never been talked about what the president s symptoms what the president s illness, how it was characterized. Theyve never been able to, yo
The president then was offered this hour of time on nbc, simulcast on msnbc and cnbc to do what amounted to a dueling town hall. Were not going to spend the whole hour tonight talking about this, but i do feel like just to be responsible, i want to give you a little bit of summation. There was in news made, especially right at the top, under sharp questioning from Savannah Guthrie. The president told us some stuff about his own covid experience that is new. The president , in his own words, asked about whether or not he had pneumonia, says that he was told his lungs looked a little different, perhaps infected. Theyve never been talked about what the president s symptoms what the president s illness, how it was characterized. Theyve never been able to, you know, describe his scans or describe what his test results were. The president tonight saying he was told that his lungs looked a little different and were perhaps infected. Asked as a followup, infected with what, the president would
Supports herd immunity, this forgive me whack theory that quack doctors have been promoting, contrary to all Public Health expertise, that its cool if everybody gets infected, because somehow, magically, well protect the people who will actually get sick and allow for untrammelled spread of disease in the country, and somehow, that will only matter to the extent that it conveys immunity, and people who arent vulnerable to it will be the only ones who get sick and we should just let it spread. The president has brought on to the Coronavirus Task force an adviser named scott atlas, who has promoted this idea. The health and Human Services secretary, alex azar, has also been meeting with proponents of this idea. The president was asked directly, do you support a herd immunity approach . And he would not answer, which is going to sound alarms across the Public Health spectrum tonight. Its one thing for white house officials to be, basically, flirting with that idea, or talking about that c
The highly infectious bird flu, also known as avian influenza H5N1, primarily spreads among birds. However, there have been rare cases of infection to humans. A
The highly infectious bird flu, also known as avian influenza H5N1, primarily spreads among birds. However, there have been rare cases of infection to humans. A