The relevance is that the President got wall to wall media coverage for being sick. And his is in a demographic (old, overweight, male) that puts him at an extremely elevated risk for serious illness.

Doctors will do their job and scientists will do their job, and in the end decisions will be made based on the results of studies.

That doesn't negate the enormous amount of positive press that this event will give to the treatment.

Either way, it should be a signal that we are getting much better at treating the illness. Back in April, Boris Johnson, who is basically a Trump equivalent, but 20 years younger, spent a week in the hospital in very rough shape.

The news on Cornavirus is in trending significantly in the positive direction, which is really all that matters.