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                 A r u b a ’ s   O N L Y   E n g l i s h   n e w s p a p e r
            Trump's doctor's comments on symptoms, care spark confusion



            By LAURAN NEERGAARD
            For  the  second  day  in  a
            row, the Navy commander
            in charge of President Don-
            ald  Trump's  care  left  the
            world wondering: Just how
            sick is the president?
            Dr. Sean Conley is trained in
            emergency  medicine,  not
            infectious  disease,  but  he
            has a long list of specialists
            helping  determine  Trump's
            treatment  at  Walter  Reed
            National  Military  Medical
            Center.
            Conley  said  Sunday  that
            Trump is doing well enough
            that he might be sent back
            to  the  White  House  in  an-
            other day -- even as he an-
            nounced the president was
            given  a  steroid  drug  that's
            only recommended for the
            very sick.
            Worse, steroids like dexam-
            ethasone  tamp  down  im-
            portant  immune  cells,  rais-
            ing concern about whether
            the treatment choice might
            hamper  the  ability  of  the
            president's  body  to  fight   Dr. Sean Conley, physician to President Donald Trump, and other doctors, arrive to brief reporters at Walter Reed National Military
            the virus.                   Medical Center in Bethesda, Md., Sunday, Oct. 4, 2020.
            Then  there's  the  question                                                                                                   Associated Press
            of  public  trust:  Conley  ac-
            knowledged  that  that  he  briefing  of  the  weekend  necessarily true."             had  been  given  any  oxy-  Friday morning.
            had tried to present a rosy  "and  in  doing  so,  came  In  fact,  Conley  refused  to  gen  --  only  to  admit  the  It's puzzling even for outside
            description  of  the  presi-  off like we're trying to hide  directly  answer  on  Satur-  next  day  that  he  had  or-  specialists.
            dent's  condition  in  his  first  something,  which  wasn't  day whether the president  dered oxygen for Trump on       Continued on next page
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