“This may have happened either way,” British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said in a video message released on April 12 reflecting on his non-public war with COVID-19.
16 days after Johnson tested positive for COVID-19 and 3 days after spending 72 hours in an intensive care unit in central London, he acknowledged saving his life.
In recent years, there have been many comparisons, some fair, some extensive, between British leader and President Donald Trump: political polarization, concern for immigration, their unique hairstyles. Now, a new one: Johnson would probably be one of the few globally. leaders to perceive what Trump might face in the days and weeks following his positive diagnosis of coronavirus.
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Trump is recently being treated at Walter Reed National Military Hospital, just outside Washington, D. C. , where the White House has announced that he will spend the next few days. His doctors say he has a moderate temperature and feels tired, however, he is in a different way well.
First lady Melania Trump and at least nine others close to the Trumps also tested positive for the new coronavirus.
When Johnson tested positive for coronavirus last March, he became the first world leader to publicly recognize his condition. His descent into the clutches of a disease, which in the past said he believed had only a chance of “50-50” survival, began slowly.
Initially, Johnson swore it would be “as usual” because he, like Trump, only had “mild symptoms,” a mild fever. He said he would continue to paint independently of his department and official at 10 Downing Street in London and keep in constant contact with his cabinet and lawmakers. I would, he says, thanks to the “magic of fashion technology”, referring to programs like Zoom and WhatsApp.
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The beginnings are difficult.
Within hours of her diagnosis, Johnson’s fitness secretary got the virus.
Still, Johnson remained optimistic.
“Although I’m kidnappedArray . . . I’m convinced we’ll hit him together,” he said in a video message posted on his social media accounts on April 1.
At this point, I had been taking COVID for 4 days.
A few days later, things seemed to go as planned.
Johnson gave the impression at the Downing Street door of “applauding caregivers,” applauding hospital and emergency personnel fighting the epidemic on the front lines.
But he seemed ill, even though the assistants insisted that he will soon recover and it won’t be long before he can get out of solitary confinement and get back to work.
Then a change.
On April 5, Downing Street issued a very brief saying that Johnson had been admitted to the hospital for “precautionary tests” purely because his symptoms persisted for about 10 days after testing positive.
The questions were swirled.
It was then announced that Dominic Raab, Johnson’s foreign minister, would take over the government if Johnson was incapacitated. But the prime minister, his assistants insisted, was getting “excellent attention” and there was nothing to fear.
Two days later, Johnson is under intensive care.
He did not get a fan, but then demonstrated in interviews with the media that he had won what he described as “liters and liters” of oxygen. A succession plan was developed and how to announce it was also discussed.
Johnson admitted he was afraid of dying.
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Queen Elizabeth II has been in the situation.
Meanwhile, during Johnson’s 3 nights in the intensive care unit in St. St. Thomas of London, the public was only told that he was there for “close surveillance”, that his state was still solid and that he was in a “good mood. “
In Trump’s 18-second video on Twitter on Friday, just before addressing Walter Reed, he said, “I think I’m fine. But we’re going through for certain things to happen well. The first one is doing very well. “Thank you very much. “
Five hours later, he tweeted, “Well, I think! Thank you all. LOVE !!!”
Shortly before midnight, Sean Conley, the president’s doctor, gave an update, saying in a note that Trump was “fine” and that he did not want additional oxygen, but that doctors began treating him with the re-taught antiviral drug. It has been shown to shorten recovery time for some patients with coronavirus.
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Since the start of the coronavirus outbreak, doctors and scientists have pointed out that those who tested positive for the virus have responded in other ways.
Johnson’s doctors did not officially disclose data on the drugs he was being treated with, however, until March, remdesivir was not widely used.
Johnson, like Trump, is classified as obese. The 74-year-old Trump is 18 years older than Johnson and both men are at highest risk of disease.
The British leader left the hospital on 9 April and then spent two weeks recovering in Chequers, the prime minister’s crusade, before returning to work.
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Johnson minimized the risk of coronavirus as much as Trump did, but in his early days resisted employers’ closure requests.
In statements to the press, Johnson has stated that he owes life to incredibly committed workers and hospital staff.
“They took my chestnuts out of the fire, no doubt, ” he said.
However, several weeks after returning to work, Johnson seemed breathless during public appearances and evidently lost weight. The prime minister said it was partly because he had started jogging, denied reports from the British press that he is suffering to recover from the coronavirus and plans to resign in six months.