For more than a year, President Biden's ability to avoid the coronavirus seemed to defy the odds. When he finally did test positive, the White House was ready. It set out to turn the diagnosis into a 'teachable moment' and dispel any notion of a crisis.
The president, who completed his first day of Paxlovid – Pfizer's oral antiviral COVID-19 therapy – Thursday evening, is tolerating treatment well, the doctor said, and will continue as planned. His symptoms are being treated with oral hydration, acetaminophen and an albuterol inhaler, which he uses as needed, and his Eliquis and Crestor are being held while he takes Paxlovid.
"The president does what every other person in America does every day, which is he takes reasonable precautions against COVID but does his job," White House Chief of Staff Ron Klain told MSNBC late in the afternoon on Thursday. The message was crafted to alleviate voters' concerns about Biden's health — at 79, he's the oldest person ever to be president. And it was aimed at demonstrating to the country that the pandemic is far less of a threat than it was before Biden took office, thanks to widespread vaccines and new therapeutic drugs.
Biden's first-day symptoms were mild in large part because he's fully vaccinated and boosted, according to a statement issued by his physician, Dr. Kevin O'Connor. The president also is taking Paxlovid, an antiviral drug designed to reduce the severity of the disease. Klain, who called the president's testing positive a "teachable moment" for the country, said the White House wasn't aware of any positive COVID results that were linked to the president's case.
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