Washington:
Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic presidential nominee, launched a letter from her physician as we speak that pronounced her in good well being and match for prime workplace, in an effort to attract a distinction together with her counterpart, Donald Trump.
In a memo distributed by the White Home, the vice chairman’s doctor, Joshua Simmons, stated Harris’s most up-to-date bodily examination in April was “unremarkable,” that she maintains an lively life-style and “very nutritious diet” regardless of a busy schedule, suffers from seasonal allergy symptoms and sporadic hives, doesn’t use tobacco and drinks alcohol solely sparsely.
“She possesses the bodily and psychological resiliency required to efficiently execute the duties of the Presidency, to incorporate these as Chief Govt, Head of State and Commander in Chief,” the physician wrote.
Harris, 59, is operating towards Republican Trump, 78, for the White Home. She made her medical info public as we speak in an effort to attract consideration to his refusal to take action, a Harris marketing campaign aide stated.
The Harris marketing campaign is raring to spotlight the previous president’s age since he grew to become the oldest candidate within the race after President Joe Biden, 81, stepped apart because the Democratic normal bearer following a poor debate efficiency towards Trump.
Locked in a really tight race. Harris’ marketing campaign hopes that contrasting her comparative youth and psychological acuity with Trump’s extra superior age and tendency to meander, together with the variations in transparency between the 2, will assist persuade undecided voters that she is more healthy for workplace than he.
A White Home physician stated in 2018 when Trump was in workplace that he was in total wonderful well being then however wanted to shed weight and begin a every day train routine.
Simmons stated Harris’s allergy symptoms had been well-managed with over-the-counter and prescription drugs.
Her urticaria or hives have been “sporadic and transient and don’t appear to be triggered by any explicit publicity nor are they related to different signs” and reply nicely to antihistamine remedy.
Harris has been on allergen immunotherapy for the final three years, dramatically bettering her allergy and urticaria signs and negating her want for remedy aside from occasional nasal spray, he stated.
Harris wears contact lenses. Her household historical past contains her mom’s colon most cancers. Harris was updated on preventative well being procedures together with colonoscopy and annual mammograms, he stated.
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