Infectious disease specialist: President's age, weight concerning after he contracts coronavirus

Doug Johnson reports

CONCERNING WITH THIS VIRUS.BUT HE ALSO SAYS THAT AGAINWITH COVID-19 NOTHING IS FORCERTAIN.TODAY THE WHITE HOUSE SAYSTHE PRESIDENT HAS MILDSYMPTOMS OF COVID-19 CAN CAUSEA COLD AND SO WHEN I THINK OFOR A MINOR ILLNESS, BUT ITHINK OF WITH MAYBE A LOWGRADE FEVER COUGH RUNNY NOSE,SORE THROAT.

THOSE ARE THEWITH A MILD CASE OF COVIDDOCTOR DEAN BLUMBERG AS CHIEFOF PEDIATRIC INFECTIOUSDISEASES AT U C DAVIS HEALTH.HE SAYS THE PRESIDENT COULDHAVE A DIFFICULT TIMERECOVERING FROM COVID-19ADDING AT 74 YEARS OLD THEPRESIDENT'S AGE MEANS HE'S 5TIMES MORE LIKELY TO NEEDHOSPITALIZATION ON FRIDAYAFTERNOON, A WHITE HOUSESPOKESPERSON TOLD CNN THAT OUTOF AN ABUNDANCE OF CAUTIONPRESIDENT TRUMP WILL BEWORKING OUT OF OFFICES ATWALTER REED HOSPITAL FOR THENEXT FEW DAYS.AND THERE'S A 90 TIMESINCREASED MORTALITY RISK SO ITIS VERY SEVERE OR EVERYTHINGCOULD BE SEVERE ON ANYBODY BUTESPECIALLY FOR PEOPLE OF HISAGE AND THEN COMPLICATING ISHIS WAY HE IS OVERWEIGHT THATMEANS HE'S GOT TO 10 TIMESINCREASED RISK OF DYING FROMTHIS ON TOP.

THE INCREASEDRISK FROM AGENTS.

SO IT'S VERYCONCERNING.ON FRIDAY PRESIDENT TRUMP'SOWN DOCTOR REPORTED THECOMMANDER-IN-CHIEF IS 14 BUTIN GOOD SPIRITS BUT BECAUSETHE PRESIDENT IS IN AN AT-RISKGROUP DOCTOR BLOOMBERG SAYSTHERE COULD BE LATERCOMPLICATIONS, THE NEXTPROGRESSION WOULD BE POSSIBLEPNEUMONIA.AND THEN THAT COULDPROGRESS TO REQUIREMENT FORSUPPLEMENTAL OXYGEN OR EVEN AVENTILATOR USE HOWEVER UNLIKEOTHERS THE PRESIDENT HASACCESS TO SOME OF THE BESTHEALTH CARE IN THE WORLD SO WECAN GO TO DOCTOR ON CALL ALLTHE TIME AND HE'S BEINGMONITORED AS FOR FIRST LADYMELANIA TRUMP DOCTOR BLUMBERGSAYS BECAUSE SHE'S YOUNGERSHE'LL LIKELY RECOVER QUICKERFROM THE VIRUS THAT HERHUSBAND.

BUT DOCTOR BLUMBERGHOPES THEIR INFECTION HELPSREMIND OTHER AMERICANS THETHREAT OF THE VIRUS IS STILL.VERY REAL.

I THINK IT IS.A VERY GOOD REMINDER THATI'M WEARING A MASK AND SOCIALDISTANCING WORKS.

IT DOESN'TGUARANTEE THAT YOU'RE NOTGOING TO BE INFECTED.

BUT ITDOES DECREASE YOUR CHANCES OFGETTING INFECTED AND SO THAT'S