It's probably serious condition now.

I've been off the grid, but apparantly Trump wasn't doing as horribly as the TDS crowd told us that he was.  Trump was doing exactly as he should, and is recovering nicely dispite claims of "VIP syndrome".

How funny.

I guess you didn't see the videos of him gasping for air and winceing in pain with every breath he took last night. He looked worse than he did before he went to the hospital.

He has COVID pneumonia. He has respiratory distress. He's on a drug that induces mania. He is shedding the virus in the West Wing.

Not so funny.

Boiler, you've been off the grid your entire life, metaphorically speaking.

"The TDS crowd" (a silly phrase that is apparently currently titillating Trumpers) hasn't "told us" anything about Trump's condition. In point of fact, NO ONE has given us more than incomplete information. The White House has lied; Trump has lied; and all we can do is draw inferences.

The inference most non-Fox News-polluted people are drawing is that Trump's condition was and remains quite serious, given that he was pumped full of drugs that are normally reserved for critically ill patients (and we don't know if he's still taking them or not). You don't give risky medications to people who are mildly ill.

And yes, he could indeed have simply bullied his doctors into giving him everything but the kitchen sink, despite their advice. We know that returning to the White House was against their advice.

But then, we also know that he's as dumb as a box of rocks.

He did say precisely that about HIPPA and limitations on giving information, that he can give out information only to the extent that Trump gives him permission to do.  Clearly that doctor was not comfortable the first time, on national TV, disclosing a POTUS' medical condition, being assaulted by that pack of wolves, the reporters.

There are provisions for disclosing a president's medical information without consent; in the event that a tranfer of power (office) is imminent, but only to a panel to consider, not the public.  Maybe the condition is possibly permanent, as in a persistent vegetative state, or temporary, as in going in for heart surgery.  Was power transfered when Reagan was shot?  I can't remember.  He did go in for surgery, general anesthesia and all.  Almost intuitive that the VP would be deemed to be in power for the duration of surgery and until fully awake and return of decision making capacity.

The reporters want any detail to get credit for being the first to report.  I almost laughed when a reported asked "what is his viral load?"  Gimme a break.

BTW, Dex has many uses, not just in critical illnesses.  I was given it for a case of poison ivy that all the usual stuff didn't work. 

To summarize what you just said:

The doctor lied because of mean reporters. And the President is hiding his medical condition from American citizens.

That's what I thought.

The distinction is the dosage. I was given a high dose when I had pneumonia like Trump is getting. It definitely made me manic and just like Trump I felt better than I had in years. Prolonged usage will cause organ damage. If he is taking a high dose just to feel good, he is going to be in a world of hurt soon.

Your reading comprehension is as impoverished as your thinking.  

All corticosteriods will do that, depending, as you say, on the dosage.  But they can be a Godsend, too.  

So sorry you had phonemina.  BTW, what is that?   I think my sister has it, talks endlessly when she calls. 

LOL.

I always get in trouble when I type on my phone.   My boss got quarantined today which makes me the boss at my place of employment. I am putting in 55 hours this week. (It is supposed to be a part-time job) So, it will probably be phone typing for the next few weeks.

His granddaughter is positive and she lives with him. She caught it at the high school.  He told me since school started in August, she has only done five full days in the classroom. Every time she goes back to school, she is exposed to another kid that tests positive and is off for another 14 days. He and his wife are constantly taking her and her sister to get tested because of it. In this rural area, we have to drive an hour one way to get tested and wait 48 hours for results.

My boss and his wife are in their 60s, obese and have high blood pressure. 

Heck of a job Trumpie!