Former mayor of New York City Rudy Giuliani is taking the same drug package President Trump used earlier this year in the battle against the coronavirus case, he said on the radio from his hospital bed on Tuesday.
The 76-year-old lawyer called his own WABC exhibition to provide information about his health.
He said he was “doing well” that he had overcome most of the symptoms and expected to be released Wednesday morning.
“I don’t have a fever,” he said. “I have very little cough, it’s also about gone, I walked, and I think they’ll be released tomorrow morning.”
Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani, President Donald Trump’s attorney, is wearing a face mask to protect against COVID-19 after speaking at a hearing in the Pennsylvania State Senate Majority Policy Committee on Wednesday, November 25, 2020 in Gettysburg. Pa. (AP photo / Julio Cortez)
He said the virus is now much more manageable than it was a few months ago, and as a result, he said the mortality rate is falling. Asked if he would change his views to better accept mask mandates, he said no. And he criticized the shutdowns that are stifling small businesses across the country – although some experts say increased mask wear would help reopen more businesses.
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“I think you can overdo the masks – you can overdo almost everything,” he said. “It makes a lot more sense. And what we’re doing in American business now is disgraceful, and not based on science. “
Trump announced Giuliani’s positive test on Twitter on Sunday and said on Monday he was “performing very well”.
The former mayor said Trump’s White House doctor encouraged him to seek treatment at Georgetown University Medical Center and receive the same combination of remdesivir and dexamethasone that Trump received in October when he himself became ill.
“I didn’t really want to go to the hospital, and he said, ‘Don’t be stupid.’ You can get over it in three days, ”Giuliani explained.
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“The minute I took the cocktail yesterday, I felt 100% better,” he added a few moments later.
Giuliani had a negative result before her recent trips to Arizona, Michigan and Georgia before she was diagnosed with the disease, according to a statement from the Trump legal team. His symptoms were not positive and showed no positive results for more than two days after his return.
In the U.S., more than 14.9 million people were positive for the coronavirus, and more than 283,000 died Tuesday.
The Associated Press contributed to the report.
