A detailed medical report on the state of health of Democratic Party candidate Kamala Harris was published this Saturday, October 12. The vice-president chose to highlight her good health in the face of Donald Trump, who is discreet on the subject.
Democratic candidate for the White House Kamala Harris benefits from “the physical and mental resistance necessary to fulfill the duties of the presidency” of the United States, establishes a medical report published this Saturday, October 12.
The conclusions of this report were made by Doctor Joshua R. Simmons, who has been the doctor of the current vice-president of the United States “for three and a half years”, the start of his vice-presidency.
The text is published “with the agreement” of Kamala Harris and provides a complete assessment of “the current health and medical history” of the 59-year-old former prosecutor, while questions about age and health of Joe Biden, 81, had multiplied when he was a candidate for his succession, before finally giving up.
“A healthy lifestyle”
According to the medical report, Kamala Harris only suffers from mild ailments, including “hives” and “seasonal allergies” for which she has been receiving immunotherapy for three years to reduce the symptoms.
Dr. Joshua R. Simmons indicates that the vice-president also suffers from “mild myopia”, for which she wears vision correction, and that she regularly takes vitamin D3 which promotes the fixation of calcium in the bones .
“Vice President Harris maintains an active and healthy lifestyle despite her busy schedule” including “daily aerobic exercises,” adopts a “very healthy diet” and does not smoke, according to her doctor.
A transparency that contrasts with Trump
Kamala Harris’ transparency about her health deliberately contrasts with that of her opponent Donald Trump. The 81-year-old businessman has not published a recent medical report.
In 2015, when he was elected president of the United States, he refused to release any detailed information about his health, contenting himself with a few lines from his doctor assuring him that “he would be the healthiest person ever elected president.”
In 2020, when he was sick with Covid and had to be hospitalized, Donald Trump, then a candidate for re-election, also communicated very little about his state of health, recalls the New York Times.
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