{"id":51053,"date":"2022-08-03T14:29:54","date_gmt":"2022-08-03T21:29:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=51053"},"modified":"2022-08-03T15:30:20","modified_gmt":"2022-08-03T22:30:20","slug":"biden-positive-for-fifth-straight-day-after-rebound-infection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=51053","title":{"rendered":"Biden positive for fifth straight day after \u2018rebound\u2019 infection"},"content":{"rendered":"<p aria-level=\"1\">President Biden tested positive for COVID-19 again on Wednesday but continues to feel \u201cwell,\u201d his physician, Kevin O\u2019Connor, said in a new update that noted Biden is coughing less frequently.<\/p>\n<p aria-level=\"1\">\n<p aria-level=\"1\">O\u2019Connor said that he examined Biden on Wednesday morning after the president enjoyed a \u201clight workout\u201d and that Biden has no fever and his vital signs remain normal.<\/p>\n<p aria-level=\"1\">\n<p aria-level=\"1\">\u201cThe President continues to feel well,\u201d O\u2019Connor wrote in a memorandum released by the White House. \u201cHe is still experiencing an occasional cough, but less frequently than yesterday. He remains fever-free and in good spirits. His temperature, pulse, blood pressure, respiratory rate and oxygen saturation remain entirely normal. His lungs remain clear.\u201d<\/p>\n<p aria-level=\"1\">\n<p aria-level=\"1\">Wednesday was the fifth day in a row that Biden tested positive for the coronavirus in what his doctor described as a \u201crebound\u201d infection that has been seen in some patients who take the antiviral treatment Paxlovid.<\/p>\n<p aria-level=\"1\">\n<p aria-level=\"1\">Biden is expected to continue to isolate in the White House residence until testing negative.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Biden tested positive for COVID-19&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-51053","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-health","category-u-s-a"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51053","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=51053"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51053\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":51054,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51053\/revisions\/51054"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=51053"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=51053"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=51053"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}