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Dr. Fauci ducks on weighing in on Biden's health but makes surprising admission about what medication the president is likely taking
Anthony Fauci has dodged questions about Joe Biden's health after the president's concerning debate performance was blamed on him suffering from a cold.
America's former chief medical advisor was asked by CBS host Major Garrett on Tuesday if he saw anything in the debate that would 'medically alarm him.
However, the divisive medic who advised America's response to the Covid pandemic said: 'You know, I can't say.'
'I think it would be inappropriate to say that, Major, because when you're just looking at someone on a one-shot basis, you just don't know what could happen,' Fauci said.
The doctor did suggest, however, that antihistamines used to treat cold and flu could have contributed to Biden's sleepy showing.
'Did he have a bad cold? Did he take an antihistamine to make him groggy or what have you? We don't know what went on,' Fauci continued.
On Wednesday, White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, spend the best part of an hour being grilled on the President's health.
She confirmed that while the 81-year-old still has a cold, he hasn't seen a doctor.
Jean-Pierre claimed 'jet lag' from his two back-to-back international trips 12 days before the debate contributed to the president's poor showing.
She also confirmed Biden hasn't had a medical examination since February.
Antihistamines, such as Benadryl and Claritin, are popular in the US.
Some are known to cause users to become sleepy, which Fauci seemed to be suggesting may have happened with Biden on stage during his debate performance.
And Biden himself even admitted that he nearly dozed off on stage.
The 81-year-old president made the admission during a fundraiser in the ritzy D.C. suburb of McLean, Virginia Tuesday night.
He told the crowd he 'wasn't very smart' for 'traveling around the world a couple times' before his televised showdown with former President Donald Trump.
Biden did back-to-back trips to France for a D-Day anniversary celebration and then onto Italy for the G7 in June.
President Joe Biden speaks during a presidential debate with Republican candidate, former U.S. President Donald Trump, in Atlanta, Georgia, on June 27, 2024. Critics immediately after the event began questioning Biden's health and whether the 81-year-old is up to the job
Former President Donald Trump ridiculed Biden for his age and wandering answers during the debate
Upon his return, the president took a holiday at his vacation home in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware.
Then Biden spent a whole week at the presidential retreat Camp David resting and preparing for the debate.
The New York Times reported Tuesday that Biden was so drained from the jet-setting that advisers cut debate prep short by two days - in order to fit in the beach trip.
While at Camp David, debate prep didn't start before 11 a.m. and Biden was given time each day in the afternoon to take a nap.
The president made the clear at the Tuesday campaign event his travel is 'not an excuse but an explanation.'
Fauci, similarly agreed, saying his prognosis of Biden's bill of health would not be appropriate since the debate was too short to get an accurate assessment.
Since the debate, a number of Democrat lawmakers have either called on Biden to withdraw from the race or have openly admitted they believe Trump will tounce him
'I think it would be unfair and inappropriate to try and diagnose something from just a 90-minute clip,' he said.
Then the doctor said the same line many leading Democrats have used of the debate: 'It just looked like a bad night.'
'My interactions with him, I have to say, have been very, very positive,' Fauci added.
Biden's physician, Dr. Kevin O'Connor, travels with him everywhere, and was see at the debate in Atlanta.
But the 81-year-old Biden 'was not examined by the doctor,' en route to the debate, Jean-Pierre said.
'There's a cold. There's a jetlag. You combine that -- he continues to work on with for the American people day in and day out, around the clock. Things happen,' she said of Biden's debate performance.