Fauci says Trump ‘was lucky to SURVIVE Covid’ because of his ‘age and weight’
DONALD Trump was "lucky" to survive the coronavirus given his age and weight, Dr Anthony Fauci said of the former president this week.
The nation's leading infectious disease expert said of : "He could have gotten into serious trouble. I think he was quite fortunate."
In an interview with , described Trump's White House as a "superspreader."
Questions of the former president's health and weight had remained prominent through his presidency, with some questioning the validity of his doctor's wellness checks even before he got Covid-19.
When Trump announced by tweet on October 2 that both he and then-First Lady had contracted coronavirus, more questions began swirling around his health and his weight.
A physical claimed , causing many of his critics to call him obese.
One of those naysayers includes , who
A February 2018 physician's report also mentioned Trump had a common form of heart disease.
Not being fully transparent with the public, it was and still is not fully known when exactly he and the first lady contracted the virus, so when they announced, sleuths quickly began searching for his health conditions and where he may have contracted the virus.
Trump's animosity towards Fauci was put on world display during the course of the Covid-19 pandemic under Trump's presidency, with Trump sometimes forcing Fauci to take a backseat to his medicinal advice of the day.
Fauci told The Telegraph he now holds a more transparent and communicative level of support with the current administration, saying he talks frequently to the new president and White House Covid-19 task force.
Fauci returned to press conferences once again, and said he supports President Joe Biden's plans to stop the pandemic.
The infectious disease expert recalled being astounded after Biden said they would take a hard scientific look at their fight against the pandemic.
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"We’re going to let science rule. We’re going to go by the data, the evidence and the science," Fauci recalled Biden saying.
"We’re going to make some mistakes, and when we do we’re not going to blame anybody."
"We’re just going to fix it," Fauci said. "That was to me like, 'Oh my goodness!'"