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Early on. since he just tested positive this morning, his doctor says it should work well for him. so we'll be watching to see if any of that changes with his condition. and we are waiting on more answers from the white house on this. they've been very transparent so far, announcing he tested positive and releasing this letter from his doctor. we will hear from the covid-19 response coordinator later on at the white house. >> i was going to mention that. the white house has been really forth coming with information so far, a briefing coming later today, where we anticipate much more informatio...

Of that. but also, the president working quh behind the scenes. he is at the white house right now. this comes after he last tested negative on tuesday. not clear that he was tested yesterday. and then tested again today before a busy schedule, going to pennsylvania. and he tested positive. >> dr. reiner, this comes when the fda is deciding whether or not it will recommend a second booster for everyone under 50 years old. obviously, the president at 79 has that second booster and is in a good spot in terms of when he got it to be effective and help him here. but it just goes to show, with all ...

Protective against long covid-19 and know paxlovid per early anecdotal data and i've seen it along with others as well the antiviral paxlovid actually helps folks with long covid. there's a lot of balls in the air but it's to say that the risk the president develops, severe pneumonia or long covid are lower, far lower because of that protection. >> certainly good news for the president for the country as well. dr. gupta, if you would continue to stand by for me. want to bring in peter baker standing by as well. peter, if you would just kind of talk to me, what else you know and can add as we'r...

Paxlovid. for everybody out there a quick psa, if you might think that you need paxlovid because you test positive for covid, one of the big things you have to really consider, your physician needs to consider is or your pharmacist is does paxlovid interact with any of the drugs that you're currently taking. in the president's case, they do not which is a good thing of the that's why he's on it. having said all the president at 79 with those conditions, robust health, yasmin. i think that's key piece here. some people consider him to be a super ager so i suspect with the initiation of paxlovid...

The white house protocols don't always match the cdc guidelines. they sometimes are more stringent because they want to protect the president. that has been their calculus. so they have been watching and track thing rise in cases, and they have become concerned about it. and dr. jha has been warning about what the cases could look like this fall. so this is obviously still very much a forefront concern for them. it changes the calculus compared to the last time i was covering a president who tested positive for covid-19, because there are vaccines and boosters. and joe biden is smun who has be...