By Jeff Mason
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic presidential nominee, launched a letter from her physician on Saturday that pronounced her in good well being and match for top workplace, in an effort to attract a distinction along with her counterpart, Donald Trump.
In a memo distributed by the White Home, the vice chairman’s doctor, Joshua Simmons, mentioned Harris’s most up-to-date bodily examination in April was “unremarkable,” that she maintains an lively way of life and “very healthy diet” regardless of a busy schedule, suffers from seasonal allergic reactions and sporadic hives, doesn’t use tobacco and drinks alcohol solely sparsely.
“She possesses the physical and mental resiliency required to successfully execute the duties of the Presidency, to include those as Chief Executive, Head of State and Commander in Chief,” the physician wrote.
Harris, 59, is working towards Republican Trump, 78, for the White Home. She made her medical info public on Saturday in an effort to attract consideration to his refusal to take action, based on a Harris aide.
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 commonplace 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 mentioned in 2018 when Trump was in workplace that he was in general wonderful well being then however wanted to shed weight and begin a every day train routine.
Simmons mentioned Harris’s allergic reactions had been well-managed with over-the-counter and prescription medicines.
Her urticaria or hives had been “sporadic and transient and do not seem to be triggered by any particular exposure nor are they associated with other symptoms” and reply properly to antihistamine therapy.
Harris has been on allergen immunotherapy for the final three years, dramatically bettering her allergy and urticaria signs and negating her want for treatment aside from occasional nasal spray, he mentioned.
Harris wears contact lenses. Her household historical past consists of her mom’s colon most cancers. Harris was updated on preventative well being procedures together with colonoscopy and annual mammograms, he mentioned.
