In a rambling, nearly five minute long video posted to Twitter on Wednesday, President Trump claimed an experimental drug from Regeneron Pharmaceuticals had enabled him to recover from Covid-19, calling it a “cure” and promising to make it “free” for all Americans.... [+]
House from Walter Reed National Military Medical Center on October 05, 2020 in Washington, DC. Trump spent three days hospitalized for coronavirus. "It was unbelievable,” Trump—who appeared to be wearing makeup and struggled to get his right eye open at times—said in the video of the experimental treatments he was given at Walter Reed hospital, adding he “felt good immediately.”
Trump zeroed in on Regeneron’s experimental monoclonal antibody treatment during the video, saying it was “key” to his recovery. The president said he wasn’t feeling “so hot” when he checked into the hospital on Friday, but after he was given the treatment from Regeneron he felt better almost “immediately.”The president said he believes the drug to be a “cure,” not a “therapeutic,” as others in the medical community have called it.