WH Physician attempting to cleanup the timeline.

[bigtree]

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[still_one]

1. Why doesn't he clear up about the supplemental oxygen and the fever questions?

[AngryOldDem]

2. Anybody else's bullshit detector going off?

This is classic CYA.

Kaitlin Collins is saying the memo is full of typos, which tells me they’re rushing to get this out.

Conley probably got a righteous ass-chewing.

Bottom line: We can’t believe a damn thing that comes out of the mouths of anyone connected to this administration.

[spanone]

7. Oh Yea!

[Hugin]

9. My BS meter has been pegged for more than 5 years.

Now, I take it as a given.

[lame54]

3. The army of drs. behind him couldn't correct him?

[Leghorn21]

4. Ah, Tom Nichols has provided a logical explanation:

“We meant to say that the President was diagnosed at whatever time is the least political damaging. We'll leave that for you all to figure out, but whatever time that was, that's when we knew."

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[central scrutinizer]

5. This!

[ihas2stinkyfeet]

6. lies and the lying liars who tell them.

damn do i miss al franken right now.

[Bluepinky]

8. I bet Trump was symptomatic Wednesday am (or earlier) and wasn't tested until Thursday.

He knew he was positive for the virus before the test on Thursday, and he knowingly put other people at risk. So technically, his Dr isn’t lying to say he has had the diagnosis for 36 hours (although he has been symptomatic much longer).

[CrispyQ]

10. I'm missing something here.

72 hours vs 3 days. 48 hours vs 2 days. What's the diff? Why does this matter?

[CrispyQ]

11. I wish someone would answer my question.

How does correcting the timeline from 72 hours to 3 days make a difference? Are these guys that stupid or am I missing something?

[bullwinkle428]

12. I caught it this morning immediately, during the press conference. One of the Reed staffers

(NOT the personal physician) said that Trump began receiving antibody treatments 48 hours ago. That would have meant that the treatment began on THURSDAY MORNING, when supposedly he only got tested on Thursday night, and found out he was positive at around midnight.

So they knew he was sick long before the official story of when they found out.

[ProfessorGAC]

13. Not That I'm Defending Their Incompetence, But...

It looks like now they're using day number.
Then there's a difference. Say Monday at 3pm, PINO isn't feeling well. They test at 3:30. Positive be test at 4pm.
Monday is day 1.
Wednesday is day 3 but until 4 pm on Wednesday it's 48 hours of less. 72 hours wouldn't be until the afternoon of Day. I think this is intentional.
The change from hours to days seems an obvious attempt to muddy the waters.
Backtracking, without backtracking. Just keep everyone guessing.
This doc is "clarifying" things, and actually adding to the confusion.
Unbrilliant.

[CrispyQ]

15. I'm still not getting it, so you are right, they just added to the confusion!

But thanks for trying to explain.

[ProfessorGAC]

17. Actually, I Wasn't Trying...

...to explain. I was describing only how 3 days might not be 72 hours, depending on how they count.
But, since Conley made things worse, there's no way I can explain what he's talking about.
He probably can't explain it either!

[Ms. Toad]

16. Agreed.

With Day 1 (if you believe his symptoms started on Thursday) being only a few hours long. Friday was day 2 (he announced his diagnosis on Day 2), He was treated with experimental drugs later on Day 2, transported to Walter Reed on Day 2. Today is day 3.

Pretty clear, though that this is at least day 4 - even by their count - since he fell asleep from the fatigue on the airplane returning home on Wednesday.

[BlueNProud]

14. Which congressional seat will this doctor run for?