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WE HAVE JUST LEARNED JOE BIDEN HAS BEEN -- TESTED POSITIVE FOR COVID-19.
LETS GET STRAIGHT TO JEREMY DIAMOND AT THE WHITE HOUSE.
HOW IS THE PRESIDENTS HEALTH OVERALL? OBVIOUSLY, HES FULLY VACCINATED, BOOSTED.
BUT HE DID JUST COME OFF THIS BIG OVERSEAS TRIP.
>> Reporter: YEAH, LISTEN.
THIS IS OBVIOUSLY VERY SIGNIFICANT NEWS, BUT ALSO VERY DIFFERENT FROM WHEN WE HAD A PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES LAST TEST POSITIVE FOR COVID, THAT WAS PRESIDENT TRUMP BEFORE HE HAD BEEN VACCINATED.
IN THIS CASE, JOE BIDEN IS VACCINATED AND DOUBLE BOOSTED.
BUT HE IS EXPERIENCING, WERE TOLD, VERY MILD SYMPTOMS, ACCORDING TO THE WHITE HOUSE.
AND HE HAS BEGUN TAKING A COURSE OF THAT ANTI-VIRAL PAXLOVID TREATMENT.
LET ME READ YOU PART OF THIS STATEMENT WE JUST GOT, SAYING THAT CONSISTENT WITH CDC GUIDELINES, HE WILL ISOLATE AT THE WHITE HOUSE AND WILL CONTINUE TO CARRY OUT ALL OF HIS DUTIES FULLY DURING THAT TIME.
HES BEEN IN CONTACT WITH WHITE HOUSE STAFF BY PHONE THIS MORNING, AND HELL PARTICIPATE IN HIS PLANNED MEETINGS FROM THE WHITE HOUSE, VIA PHONE AND ZOOM FROM THE RESIDENCE.
THE WHITE HOUSE SAYS THAT CONSISTENT WITH PROTOCOL, HELL CONTINUE TO WORK IN ISOLATION UNTIL HE TESTS NEGATIVE.
AND ONCE HE TESTS NEGATIVE, HELL RETURN TO IN-PERSON WORK.
THE WHITE HOUSE DID TELL US JUST YESTERDAY, I BELIEVE, OR PERHAPS IT WAS THE DAY BEFORE, THAT JOE BIDEN HAD TESTED NEGATIVE FOR CORONAVIRUS.
SO HE HAS BEEN GETTING REGULARLY TESTED, INCLUDING AS HE RETURNED FROM THAT OVERSEAS TRIP TO ISRAEL AND SAUDI ARABIA.
NOW JOE BIDEN HAS, FOR THE FIRST TIME, TESTED POSITIVE FOR CORONAVIRUS.
HES EXPERIENCING VERY MILD SYMPTOMS ACCORDING TO THE WHITE HOUSE.
AND HES NOW UNDERGOING A COURSE OF THAT PAXLOVID TREATMENT, WHICH IS CONSIDERED THE GOLD STANDARD IN CORONAVIRUS TREATMENT.
SO SIGNIFICANT NEWS, JOE BIDEN, AGE 79, TESTING POSITIVE FOR CORONAVIRUS.
>> JER MY DIAMOND, HAS THE WHITE HOUSE PROVIDED ANY MORE DETAILS ON WHAT "VERY MILD SYMPTOMS" ARE? >> IM READING THIS STATEMENT WITH YOU GUYS RIGHT NOW.
IT LOOKS LIKE ALL THEYRE SAYING IS VERY MILD SYMPTOMS.
THEY DID NOT DESCRIBE THOSE SYMPTOMS.
BUT CLEARLY THEYRE TRYING TO INDICATE THAT JOE BIDEN IS WELL ENOUGH TO CONTINUE WORKING FROM THE WHITE HOUSE.
AGAIN, IN ISOLATION, AT THE RESIDENCE OF THE WHITE HOUSE.
NOT IN THE WEST WING ALONGSIDE STAFF.
AND LISTEN, ITS NOTABLE THAT IT HAS TAKEN THIS LONG, FRANKLY, FOR JOE BIDEN TO GET COVID.
SO MANY AMERICANS HAVE ALREADY GOTTEN THIS VIRUS.
BUT THE PROTOCOLS HAVE BEEN VERY STRICT.
EVERY MEETING THAT JOE BIDEN HAS HAD WITH AIDES IN THE OVAL OFFICE, PEOPLE WEAR MASKS, THEY WEAR N-95 MASKS WHEN THEY ARE AROUND HIM.
BUT WE KNOW THAT HES BEEN INCREASING HIS PUBLIC ENGAGEMENTS IN RECENT MONTHS.
I WAS WITH HIM IN CLEVELAND A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO WHERE HE WAS ON A SELFIE LINE TAKING PICTURES WITH FOLKS, HUGGING, HAND SHAKES, SOMETIMES KISSING FOLKS.
SO OBVIOUSLY, HIS EXPOSURE HAS INCREASED IN RECENT MONTHS, AS IT DID DURING THAT OVERSEAS TRIP LAST WEEK TO ISRAEL AND SAUDI ARABIA.
>> JEREMY, JUST LOOKING AT THE END OF THIS STATEMENT THAT YOURE READING FROM THE PRESS SECRETARY, THE LAST SENTENCE SAYS THE PRESIDENT LAST TESTED FOR COVID TUESDAY.
HIS PREVIOUS TEST WAS TUESDAY WHEN HE HAD A NEGATIVE RESULT.
WE JUST SHOWED VIDEO FROM YESTERDAY, FROM WEDNESDAY.
YOU SEE HIM THERE WITH JOHN KERRY AND OTHERS.
SO ARE ALL THOSE IN CONTACT WITH THE PRESIDENT TESTED REGULARLY? >> Reporter: YEAH, SO ANYBODY THAT NEEDS TO MEET WITH THE PRESIDENT INDOORS AT THE WHITE HOUSE IS TESTED BEFORE HAND FOR COVID.
ITS USUALLY A RAPID TEST THATS PERFORMED AND PERFORMED ON MEMBERS OF THE PRESS WHO ARE TRAVELING WITH THE PRESIDENT IN THE PRESS POOL.
THOSE 13 REPORTERS AND PHOTOGRAPHERS WHO TRAVEL VERY CLOSELY WITH THE PRESIDENT.
THOSE FOLKS ARE ALWAYS TESTED WITH A RAPID TEST ON THE DAY THAT THEY ARE GOING TO BE IN CONTACT OR TRAVELING WITH THE PRESIDENT.
I PRESUME THAT THE WHITE HOUSE WILL BE DOING CONTACT TRACING AROUND THOSE OFFICIALS WHO ARE WITH HIM.
SOME OF THOSE MEMBERS WHO TRAVELED AND FLEW WITH THE PRESIDENT ON AIR FORCE ONE, AGAIN, AIR FORCE ONE IS ALSO STILL REQUIRING MASKS ON BOARD, EVEN THOUGH THAT FEDERAL TRAVEL MASK MANDATE HAS FALLEN FOR COMMERCIAL FLIGHTS.
THE WHITE HOUSE HAS INSISTED ON MAINTAINING MASKS ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE.
SO OBVIOUSLY, AGAIN, A LOT OF PROTOCOLS THAT HAVE BEEN TAKING PLACE.
BUT CLEARLY JOE BIDEN HAS STILL MANAGED TO GET COVID AT THIS POINT FOR THE FIRST TIME, OF COURSE, IN HIS PRESIDENCY AND FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE THIS PANDEMIC.
>> JEREMY DIAMOND, PLEASE STAY WITH US.
JOINING US NOW, DR. WILLIAM SHATNER VIA TELEPHONE.
THIS IS NOTABLE, BECAUSE THE COUNTRY HAS BEEN EXPERIENCING QUITE A SURGE IN COVID CASES, IN MANY PLACES EVEN EXCEEDING WHERE IT WAS AT THE PREVIOUS PEAK.
BUT TELL US, WHAT ARE THE RISKS TO A 79-YEAR-OLD MAN WHO IS VACCINATED AND BOOSTED TO GET COVID TODAY? >> WELL, PEOPLE WHO ARE VACCINATED AND BOOSTED CAN STILL GET MILD CASES OF COVID INFECTION.
THESE NEW VARIANTS PARTICULARLY THE BA-5 VARIANT CAN INFECT PEOPLE WHO WERE PREVIOUSLY VACCINATED, OR PEOPLE WHO HAVE HAD PREVIOUS NATURAL INFECTION.
THAT SAID, THE INFECTIONS THEN ARE GENERALLY RATHER MILD.
THEY DONT REQUIRE HOSPITALIZATION.
AND IN ADDITION, PEOPLE WHO ARE OVER AGE 65 ARE ALSO CANDIDATES FOR PAXLOVID, THAT ANTI-VIRAL, WHICH WILL FURTHER REDUCE THE RISK OF SERIOUS INFECTION.
>> CAN YOU -- THANK YOU FOR GETTING ON WITH US SO QUICKLY ON THIS BREAKING NEWS.
CAN YOU ALSO SPEAK TO WHAT IT MEANS FOR THE PRESIDENT -- I MEAN, WE DONT KNOW WHAT VARIANT HE HAS, LETS JUST MAKE THAT CLEAR.
BUT THERE ARE DIFFERENCES WITH THE NEWEST VARIANTS, FOR EXAMPLE, AND I JUST WONDER IF YOU COULD SPEAK TO THAT AND THE IMPACT IT COULD POTENTIALLY HAVE ON THE PRESIDENT, AND ALSO HOW EFFECTIVE PAXLOVID HAS BEEN AGAINST ALL OF THESE VARIANTS.
>> WELL, IT CONTINUES, POPPY, TO BE REALLY QUITE EFFECTIVE IN REDUCING THE RISK OF SERIOUS DISEASE.
NOW, THERE HAVE BEEN PEOPLE WHO HAVE HAD PAXLOVID RELAPSE.
THAT IS ALTHOUGH PAXLOVID SUPPRESSES SYMPTOMOLOGY FOR A PERIOD OF TIME WHILE YOURE TAKING IT, FIVE DAYS, AFTER THAT, SOME PEOPLE GET A RECURRENCE OF SOME OF THEIR SYMPTOMS.
SO WELL HAVE TO WATCH THAT.
BUT THE VACCINES, WITH BOOSTING, IF YOURE UP TO DATE, THAT PLUS PAXLOVID DO PROVIDE STRONG PROTECTION AGAINST SERIOUS DISEASE.
YOU CAN BE DISCOMFORTED, TIRED, HAVE A COUGH, SORE THROAT, RUNNY NOSE, AND FEEL RATHER PUNY FOR SEVERAL DAYS, THATS FOR SURE.
BUT THAT CAN BE MANAGED.
OF COURSE, THAT WOULD INTERFERE WITH THE PRESIDENTS SCHEDULE IN A NOTEWORTHY FASHION.
>> DR. ANTHONY FAUCI, ONE OF THOSE WHO HAD THAT KIND OF PAXLOVID -- POST PAXLOVID RECURRENCE HERE.
BEYOND THAT, THE PRESIDENT IS VACCINATED AND BOOSTED.
THE DATA SHOWS THOSE WHO ARE VACCINATED AND BOOSTED HAVE A LESS CHANCE OF SEVERE ILLNESS AND DEATH.
BUT OLDER PEOPLE FACE GREATER RISK THAN YOUNGER PEOPLE.
AS A DOCTOR, IF YOU ARE SPEAKING TO THE PRESIDENT NOW, WHAT WOULD YOU LEVEL OF CONCERN BE, AND WHAT ADVICE WOULD YOU GIVE HIM? >> WELL, OF COURSE WE WOULD ALL BE CONCERNED.
IM NOT FAMILIAR WITH THE DETAILS OF HIS MEDICAL HISTORY, BUT I THINK I WOULD BE CONSIDERING SERIOUSLY PAXLOVID, GETTING IT STARTED AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.
WE WOULD COUNSEL THAT HE TAKE SOME TIME OFF.
MAKE SURE HIS HYDRATION IS GOOD.
WE WOULD WATCH HIM CAREFULLY.
HE MAY WELL DEVELOP A COUGH, AND WE WOULD WANT TO BE SURE THAT DOES NOT EVOLVE INTO SOME SORT OF PNEUMONIA RELATED ILLNESS.
WE THINK THAT WONT HAPPEN, BECAUSE AS YOU WERE SAYING, JIM, THE VACCINES, PLUS PAXLOVID, REALLY PROVIDE VERY GOOD PROTECTION AGAINST SEVERE DISEASE.
AND I WOULD HOPE AND ANTICIPATE THAT WOULD BE THE CASE IN THIS INSTANCE ALSO.
>> DOCTOR, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
STAND BY AS WE BRING IN OUR SENIOR MEDICAL CORRESPONDENT ELIZ ELIZABETH COHEN, AS WELL.
ELIZABETH, AS JEREMY WAS SAYING, ITS REMARKABLE ACTUALLY -- ITS GOOD TO HEAR THE PRESIDENT HAS MILD SYMPTOMS, BUT IT IS REMARKABLE THROUGHOUT HIS PRESIDENCY, WITH ALL OF THE TRAVELS HE HAS DONE AND ALL OF THE INTERACTS, HE HASNT HAD IT UNTIL NOW.
AND ITS GREAT THAT HES FULLY VACCINATED, DOUBLE BOOSTED AND PAXLOVI IS AVAILABLE.
SO ALL THINGS WORKING IN HIS FAVOR IS WHAT IM TRYING TO GET AT.
>> ANOTHER THING THATS WORKING IN HIS FAVOR, HIS SECOND BOOSTER, SO HIS FOURTH SHOT, WAS REALLY QUITE RECENT.
IT WAS AT THE VERY END OF MARCH.
THAT MEANS A LOT, BECAUSE WE KNOW THESE VACCINES ARE SO POWERFUL, BUT THEY DO WANE WHEN YOU GET PAST THE, YOU KNOW, AROUND THE SIX-MONTH MARK.
SO THE FACT THAT IT WAS REALLY QUITE RECENT, THAT FOURTH SHOT, THAT MEANS A LOT.
AND POPPY, I WAS THINKING THE SAME THING YOU WERE THINKING, ITS AMAZING IT TOOK THIS LONG GIVING HOW MUCH THE MAN TRAVELS.
BUT WHAT WE HAVE TO REMEMBER IS THAT BA-5 IS SO INCREDIBLY TRANSMISSIBLE.
I REALLY HAVE A HARD TIME THINKING OF PEOPLE, JUST IN MY OWN FAMILY OF CLOSE FRIENDS WHO HAVE NOT HAD COVID.
SO NOT SHOCKING IN A WAY THAT HE GOT COVID, MAYBE SHOCKING THAT IT TOOK THIS LONG.
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