![]() “I don’t think it’s unreasonable,” said CELINE GOUNDER, an infectious disease specialist and epidemiologist who’s also editor-at-large for public health at Kaiser Health News. And Adams and other medical experts noted that world leaders are often granted top-of-the-line medication, if simply as a precautionary measure. West Wing Playbook asked the same thing about the medication and a White House official only replied that Harris “remains asymptomatic” and is “feeling good and has been in touch with staff.” Harris’ age does put her at higher risk for severe illness from infection, according to current CDC guidance. “Asymptomatic covid and no medical issues isn’t an indication for Paxlovid,” DONALD TRUMP’s Surgeon General JEROME ADAMS tweeted. ![]() “Why,” asked JONATHAN REINER, professor of medicine and surgery at George Washington University School of Medicine & Health Sciences, “would you give Paxlovid to someone without symptoms?” And her office didn't comment on whether she has any underlying health conditions that could make her more susceptible to a bad case of the disease. ![]() That’s why public health experts were surprised last night when the vice president’s office revealed that the 57-year-old KAMALA HARRIS was taking the antiviral pill after she tested positive yesterday. Eligibility was flexible but largely reserved for people “at high risk for progression to severe COVID-19,” according to the Food and Drug Administration’s emergency use authorization standards. Send tips | Subscribe here | Email Alex | Email Maxįor the last several weeks, Americans across the country have struggled to access the new Covid-19 antiviral pill, Pfizer’s Paxlovid. Welcome to POLITICO’s West Wing Playbook, your guide to the people and power centers in the Biden administration.
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