Biden Feels Well After ‘Rebound Positivity’ For COVID, White House Says

U.S. President Joe Biden is seen in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington, D.C., the United States, on July 27, 2022. Biden made the first in-person appearance at the White House on Wednesday after testing... U.S. President Joe Biden is seen in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington, D.C., the United States, on July 27, 2022. Biden made the first in-person appearance at the White House on Wednesday after testing negative for COVID-19. (Photo by Aaron Schwartz/Xinhua via Getty Images) MORE LESS
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White House physician Kevin O’Connor on Sunday said President Biden is feeling well after his “rebound positivity” for COVID-19 reported the day before.

An update from O’Connor said the President “continues to feel well,” but has unsurprisingly continued to test positive for COVID-19 on Sunday morning. Biden will continue isolating and conducting business in the executive residence.

The President first tested positive for COVID-19 last week. He tested negative after taking the antiviral Paxlovid for several days.

Biden initially came out of isolation in the past week, but tested positive for COVID-19 again late Saturday morning.

In a letter issued Saturday, O’Connor said the potential for so-called “rebound” COVID positivity has been found in a small percentage of patients treated with Paxlovid. O’Connor said there was no reason to initiate treatment at the time as the President had no reemergence of symptoms.

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  1. I suspect the virus has never left in such cases – positive w/ symptoms, then negative and no symptoms, then positive again either with or w/o symptoms – at least where antivirals are involved because the patient is not completely ‘well;’ i.e., the antiviral agent has reduced the viron count to the point of indetectability by testing but the immune system has still not sufficiently responded to neutralize it on its own. IOW it is likely not a case of re-infection although it certainly could be with a bug as infectious as the Omicron B5 subvariant is reported to be.

  2. There is still much unknown about the virus.

    I have family, friends and co-workers who have been infected multiple times with the different variants. Vaxxed, unvaxxed and everything in between.

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