White House Doctor Says Trump Tested Negative For Covid, “Is Not Infectious To Others”

On of the most frequently asked questions addressed to the White House in recent days, was whether the president had tested negative for covid following his self-diagnosis that he was now cured of the virus.

Moments ago Trump’s physician Dr. Conley answered, and in a statement published by the White House, said that Trump has tested negative for Covid-19 on “consecutive days” using the Abbott BinaxNOW antigen card.

Conley also said that the test was not used in isolation, and was used in context with additional clinical and lab data, including subgenomic RNA and PCR measurements, “all of which indicated a lack of detectable viral replication.”

The Doctor’s conclusion: based on this comprehensive data, and “in concert with the CDC’s guidelines for removal of transmission-based precautions” the medical team has assessed “that the President is not infectious to others.”

We doubt his announcement will have any impact on the decision by the debate commission to cancel Thursday’s presidential debate, although we wonder just which “alternative science” will now be used to justify the claim that it is in Biden’s interest not to be in Trump’s proximity.