The vice president and Democratic presidential candidate, Kamala Harris, is in excellent health and in perfect condition to assume the presidency, according to the medical bulletin distributed by the White House this Saturday and which is signed by her family doctor for the last few years. three years, Colonel Joshua Simmons. His only conditions are myopia that he corrects with contact lenses and hives and seasonal allergies that he has controlled with commonly used medications and immunotherapy for three years.
Harris, 59, maintains a healthy and active lifestyle, with a “very healthy” diet and daily, “vigorous” exercise, both aerobic and strength training. “He has the physical and mental stamina necessary to successfully fulfill the duties of the presidency, including those of head of government, head of state and commander in chief,” Simmons notes in her report, the most detailed that the vice president has released on his state of health since he arrived at the White House.
The candidate last underwent a medical check-up in April and the test results were “normal.” The only abnormality was low levels of vitamin D, which the human body generates mainly through skin contact with the sun’s rays.
By releasing the medical report, the Harris campaign aims to highlight the contrast between the physical condition of the Democrat and her Republican rival, Donald Trump, almost twenty years older, and to cast doubt on the physical suitability of the former president to serve four years in office. mandate.
Since his first election campaign, in 2016, Trump has only released very general notifications about his health, even after his ear was injured in the attack against him in July. In general, these communications are brief and full of superlatives about the candidate’s “exceptional” physical and mental condition, although they do not provide data to support the enthusiastic use of these epithets. The only thing known is that the former president, whose favorite dishes are steaks and chocolate cake, takes a statin to control cholesterol. His reports have never disclosed data on his blood pressure or weight.
The vice president has a family history of colon cancer, the disease that claimed her mother’s life. She is up to date on her screening schedule, including colonoscopies and mammograms. He is at low risk of coronary atherosclerosis, his blood pressure is within normal limits and he has no signs of diabetes, cancer or other diseases. Not even, it seems, presbyopia, the tired eyesight that affects many of his contemporaries: he can read “comfortably” without the need for corrective measures such as glasses or contact lenses, states Commander Simmons’ report. The only surgical intervention he has ever undergone was an appendix removal when he was three years old.