President Joe Biden ‘unsurprisingly’ tested positive again for COVID-19 on Sunday after his case rebounded over the weekend.
White House Physician Kevin O’Connor’s update claims Biden is feeling well and did not note any changes, continuation, emergence or presence of symptoms related to his coronavirus case.
Biden retested positive for COVID-19 on Saturday after testing negative twice and Wednesday and returning to in-person work following less than a week of isolation and working from the White House residence.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines state that five days after initial diagnosis, an asymptomatic person can end isolation.
It is not clear if there are any treatments, O’Connor just noted that he will continue monitoring the condition and reporting it to the White House.
Donald Trump insisted that Biden’s recent positive test is a ‘misdiagnosis’, claiming that the president actually has dementia.
‘Joe Biden’s second bout of Covid, sometimes referred to as the China Virus, was sadly misdiagnosed by his doctors,’ Trump posted to his Truth Social account on Sunday. ‘He instead has Dementia, but is happily recovering well.’
President Joe Biden is still testing positive for COVID-19, the White House physician said on Sunday
Biden released a video from COVID isolation on Sunday where he FaceTimes with advocates on Capitol Hill in lieu of going down there to help champion the PACT Act, which was defeated by Republicans and aims to aid veterans who were impacted by burn bits and other toxic chemicals
‘Joe is thinking of moving, part time, to one of those beautiful Wisconsin Nursing Homes, where almost 100% of the residents miraculously, and for the first time in history, had the strength and energy to vote – even if those votes were cast illegally. Get well soon, Joe!’ the former president added in sneaking in his election fraud claims.
Biden posted a video to his Twitter on Sunday in lieu of going to Capitol Hill to help push for passage of the PACT Act, which is being championed by comedian Jon Stewart.
‘I’d planned to stop by the Capitol and visit families fighting to pass burn pits legislation. COVID got in the way, so I FaceTimed them and sent some pizza,’ the president posted along with a near minute-and-a-half video.
‘It’s our sacred obligation to care for our veterans,’ he continued. ‘I won’t stop fighting alongside them to get this bill passed.’
In the video, Biden was wearing a blue button down with the first two buttons undone along with a navy blue baseball cap with the President Seal on it. He was sitting on the green couch on the balcony of the residents, where it appears he has been mostly working from isolation to avoid any contact with staff.
The PACT Act was defeated in Congress this week, with Republicans claiming Democrats used a bill aimed at helping veterans and their families to get in unrelated spending provisions.
The main purpose of the bill was to help aid veterans impacted by burn pits and other toxic chemicals when they were deployed.
Biden also released a 12-second video from the residence on Saturday after his doctor revealed the rebound case to give a ‘quick update’ and show off his work-from-home situation on the balcony looking over the South Lawn. Lounging beside him was his German Shepherd dog Commander.
‘Hey folks, Joe Biden here,’ the president says in the video. ‘Tested positive this morning. Going to be working from home for the next couple days. And I’m feeling fine too, everything’s good. But Commander and I got a little work to do.’
In a memo released on Saturday, Dr. O’Connor, said the president is experiencing no new symptoms and ‘continues to feel quite well.’
Biden released a ‘quick update’ in form of video posted to Twitter where he confirmed the rebound positive test and said he would return to working from isolation in the White House residence alongside his dog Commander
O’Connor warned of the possibility of a testing ‘rebound,’ which could occur on a small percentage of patients who, like Biden, used the antiviral medication PAXLOVID as part of their treatment against COVID.
At least one prominent physician, Dr. Jonathan Reiner, has warned that up to 40 percent of those who take a course of PAXLOVID, end up testing positive for the virus again within 30 days.
Dr. Reiner, a cardiologist and professor of medicine and surgery at George Washington University Hospital, tweeted, ‘I think this was predictable,’ following the positive test.
‘The prior data suggesting ‘rebound’ Paxlovid positivity in the low single digits is outdates and with BA.5 is likely 20-40% or even higher,’ he added.
Some experts have said that the current treatment cycle of taking three pills twice a day for five days is too short a time period to clear coronavirus from the patient’s body.