Medical experts criticize Trump’s decision to drive by supporters.

By Modupe Shodeinde

President Donald Trump’s decision to “pay a little surprise to some of the great patriots on the streets” has been questioned by medical experts.

Trump left his hospital room at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center to drive past a group of supporters on Sunday.

This unexpected trip has sparked criticisms from several prominent Democratic lawmakers and medical experts.

Trump was accused of putting Secret Service agents at risk because the President does not travel anywhere without Secret Service agents to protect him.

An attending physician at Walter Reed, Dr. James Philips tweeted, “That Presidential SUV is not only bulletproof, but hermetically sealed against chemical attack. The risk of Covid-19 transmission inside is as high as it gets outside of medical procedures”

“Every single person in the vehicle during that completely unnecessary Presidential ‘drive-by’ just now has to be quarantined for 14 days. They might get sick. They may die. For political theater. Commanded by Trump to put their lives at risk for theater. This is insanity” he added.

Dr Céline Founder, an infectious disease expert and professor at New York University, also accused Trump of putting the health of others at risk.

A top adviser to the Trump campaign Jason Miller, in an interview with CNN insisted that Trump drove by in a safe way but he was unable to state the precaution taken to keep the Secret Service agents safe.