Well-known, famous people with Covid-19 and Long Covid

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Trish said:
So the question raised on the podcast was, when did Trump get sick? The suggestion being that he has had the virus, and therefore been infectious, for several days longer.

Reporters' questions on this, asking when Trump had his most recent negative test have not been answered, raising suspicion that he was already infectious while attending several public events and not social distancing.
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It seems pretty clear that it was known that he was test positive earlier than we have been told.
In the video he looks seriously sick. His lung function is not up to just standing and taking a mask off.
And that is on steroids.
I have no idea what will happen but at 74 I would expect it to take weeks to get back to functioning normally from that state.
 
Donald Trump said:
Flu season is coming up! Many people every year, sometimes over 100,000, and despite the Vaccine, die from the Flu. Are we going to close down our Country? No, we have learned to live with it, just like we are learning to live with Covid, in most populations far less lethal!!!
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I thought this was an interesting commentary from a US doctor routinely dealing with Covid-19 cases:
https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/prog...xt-for-trump-with-covid-19-us-doctor-explains
Ranney told Checkpoint the critical days in Trump's progression with the virus will be between Thursday and Monday.

"We're going to be watching for those signs of that inflammatory cascade that can cause so many of the most feared negative effects of Covid-19.

"The data shows very clearly that for patients who are sick enough to be hospitalised with Covid-19, as many as 75 percent of them experience long-term effects from Covid-19 - problems with lung function, neurological problems, problems with long-term fatigue.

"Moreover, we know, as a physician, even taking Covid-19 out of it, any patient who's experienced a serious or potentially life-threatening illness should conserve their strength, should rest, get plenty of sleep, eat well, not strain themselves in order to heal more quickly.
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Twiv microbe TV has an excellent, but a bit technical medical exposition of the Trump covid saga here:



Summarizing: Trump probably at Day 10 (second week) of infection. He'll need to clear the third week (micro-clotting in lungs and major clotting elsewhere, plus bacterial infections).
Yes, he could leave the White House after the monoclonal cocktail and remdesivir which knock down the viral load, because he has medical monitoring and some equipment at the White House.

AND, is it vastly more reassuring to the American people to have your president out of the hospital (I certainly agree with that).

So, if infection began on Sept 27, he'll have to make it through three weeks at least to be sort of "out of the woods." That would put it around Oct 20.
 
Tool Singer Maynard Jame Keenan had Covid in Februrary and is still suffering from symptoms:

"And there's after-effects. I had to go through some major medications to undo the residual effects. Still coughing. There's still lung damage.

Q: Oh man, I'm really sorry to hear that.

A: Several of my friends, too. Very not old people, young people, in shape, runners, who contracted it as well. And they're still dealing with some of the after-effects. I lost a few family members."

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"I still have the cough. Every other day, I have these coughing fits because my lungs are still damaged at the tips. And I just got over the inflammation that was going on with my wrist and hands. I had an autoimmune attack on my system in the form of, like, a rheumatoid arthritis. Basically, from what I understand, it attacks weird spots and it's random."
 
Do they know (yet) whether these are new infections or reactivated infections?
 
I have seen nothing more than that report, but there are interesting questions which may yet be answered. Or not, as the case may be.
 
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Not necessarily well-known personally but there is a growing number of professional athletes who are struggling, some to the point of putting their career on hold. So far it's more than a handful in professional hockey, including a high-profile prospect who was about to start his professional career and returned home to convalesce.

There is also a star player (Jonathan Toews, Chicago Blackhawks) who has taken the whole season off with an explanation that sounds a whole lot like ME, but is unclear whether it's Covid-related. He basically said some of the same things here.

Hockey is a sport of intense conditioning. Basically a series of sprints over 2.5 hours, short shifts of high intensity. It requires peak conditioning.

I'm mostly posting because the hockey community is responding to it surprisingly well, is probably more aware of post-Covid illness than most because of high-profile cases, makes it more visible.

Finnish newspaper: COVID has ruined Ristolainen's physical conditioning

I'm one of the fittest in the entire league and everything about my lifestyle is in top form yet this virus can still strike and ruin everything. People have been asking when I'll return as if this was merely a regular cold. I won't be playing anytime soon. This is a serious illness.

One of the aftereffects of COVID is feeling tired all the time. Right now I spend most of my time asleep. I go to bed at 8pm. After 12 hours of sleep, I feel like I've slept for 5 minutes. During the day I go to the practice facility to exercise a bit, then come back home to sleep. It's not the ideal situation but there's nothing I can do.
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Uh, this could be significant if he means it. This is one person who can make that happen, or at least tip the balance in a way to make that happen. Nothing beats being a real stakeholder in a serious matter to really take it seriously.

And if I'm correct on the timeline this was before his son's illness, so the stakes have risen significantly. He is a former administrator of Medicare/Medicaid services, can have huge influence if he flexes political muscle.
 
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