Not ‘Out Of The Woods Yet’: Trump’s Health Remains At Risk, Doctors Say

President Donald Trump waves as he returns to the White House Monday, Oct. 5, 2020, in Washington, after leaving Walter Reed National Military Medical Center.

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President Trump was discharged from Walter Reed National Military Medical Center and returned to the White House on Monday evening. He gave reporters a double thumbs-up on his way through the doors, and the White House physician earlier on Monday said, “He’s up and back to his old self.”

But he’s a few days into his diagnosis with COVID-19, a novel disease that doctors are still learning how best to treat. And, medical experts say, he may still be in a danger zone.

At Monday’s press briefing, though largely optimistic about the president’s condition, his physician, Sean Conley, said he “may not be out of the woods yet.”