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Crede Bailey, the director of the White House’s security office, had his big toe on his left foot and his right lower leg amputated amid a battle with COVID-19, according to a GoFundMe page set up to cover his medical expenses.

Bailey reportedly contracted the coronavirus before the Rose Garden event celebrating the nomination of Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court, which has been linked to a widening outbreak.

He was hospitalized for three months and was the most severely ill among dozens of coronavirus cases connected to the White House.

Bailey asked the White House not to publicize his story, but his friends so far have raised more than $39,000 for his rehabilitation. They are asking for $50,000.

A Dec. 7 update from its organizer, Dawn McCrobie, stated that Bailey “has recently been released from the ICU and is now at a full-time rehabilitation center where he is focused on gaining strength and learning to live a new normal.” She asked for financial help for a prosthetic leg and “all the medical equipment necessary for him to get around – crutches, a walker, a wheelchair, a scooter.”

At least 300,000 Americans have died from COVID-19, according to data released by Johns Hopkins University.

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