Rudy Giuliani has ‘mild’ Covid symptoms and is hailed a ‘champ’ by Trump as fears mount lawyer may have infected dozens
RUDY Giuliani is suffering “mild” coronavirus symptoms and has been hailed a “champion” by Donald Trump. Fears are mounting Trump’s lawyer may have infected dozens while fighting the election result as some he came into contact with have already been forced into quarantine. Today, Trump said the former New York City mayor is “doing very […]
RUDY Giuliani is suffering “mild” coronavirus symptoms and has been hailed a “champion” by Donald Trump.
Fears are mounting Trump’s lawyer may have infected dozens while fighting the election result as some he came into contact with have already been forced into quarantine.
Today, Trump said the former New York City mayor is “doing very well” and has “no temperature”.
The president added: “He’s a champion”.
Giuliani last night tweeted to his followers “I’m getting great care and feeling good. Recovering quickly and keeping up with everything.”
NBC News reporter Monica Alba added that Giuliani is “experiencing mild symptoms”.
Giuliani’s optimistic tweets did little to soothe fears he may have infected countless others in the days before his diagnosis while he fought what he believes to be an unfair election result.
It was reported the Arizona Legislature will be closed this week after at least 15 current or future Republican legislators had close contact with Giuliani and may have been exposed to Covid-19 after meeting with the president’s lawyer.
Others placed skepticism on Giuliani’s mild diagnosis, asking “Why is he in the hospital if he only has mild symptoms and feels ‘really good.'”
Still, Giuliani and the Trump campaign attempted to soothe fears that the former New York City mayor was a superspreader that potentially could have infected hundreds by not wearing a mask.
Giuliani had flown all over the country while holding meetings at a long-shot attempt to get the election results overturned.
His most recent meeting was a December 2 public hearing at Michigan’s House Oversight Committee where Giuliani presented alleged witnesses to voter fraud, despite the lack of evidence proving there was fraud in any scale in the election.
The Trump team, in an effort to dissuade fears that “America’s mayor” may have been a super spreader, released a statement claiming the contrary.
“Mayor Giuliani tested twice negatively immediately preceding his trip to Arizona, Michigan, and Georgia,” the statement said. “The mayor did not experience any symptoms or test positive for COVID-19 until more than 48 hours after his return.”
“No legislators in any state or members of the press are on the contact tracing list, under current CDC guidelines,” it continued. “Other team members who are defined as having had close contact will be following their physicians’ directives and CDC guidelines on isolation and testing.”
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Still, Dr. Megan Ranny, a Rhode Island emergency physician and Brown University’s Center for Digital Health Director, said the photos of Giuliani greeting supporters on Thursday without a mask in Atlanta, Georgia were “so concerning,” it “disturbed” her.
“We know that the two days before someone develops symptoms before someone tests positive is the time when they are most infectious,” Ranney told CNN.
“So Giuliani has not just exposed himself and caught COVID,” she continued, “he has potentially exposed hundreds and hundreds of Trump supporters to the virus during his most infectious phase.”