U.S. President Donald Trump leaves the White House for Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, on Oct. 2, 2020.President Donald Trump credited an experimental drug treatment with helping his recovery from COVID-19 and suggested his diagnosis could be a “blessing in disguise” in the nation’s battle against the pandemic. But there is no way for the president or his doctors to know whether the drug had any effect.
U.S. President Donald Trump declared that catching the coronavirus was a 'blessing from God' that exposed him to experimental treatments he vowed would become free for all Americans, in a video address released on Wednesday.Trump received an experimental antiviral cocktail made by Regeneron through a “compassionate use” exemption, a recognition of the above-and-beyond standard of care he receives as president. The safety and effectiveness of the drug have not yet been proven.
Eli Lilly formally asked the Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday to allow emergency use of its experimental antibody based on early results suggesting it reduces symptoms. There is no timetable for the FDA to make a decision, though the agency has moved on such applications within weeks. Trump posted the video on Twitter not long after aides said he had spent time in the Oval Office for briefings on Hurricane Delta, which is bearing down on the U.S. Gulf Coast, and on economic stimulus prospects –– despite still being contagious two days after he was discharged from Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Aides insisted that only limited staff were around him and that he entered the office from the outside to limit exposure.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says individuals can discontinue isolation 10 days after symptom onset. While reports of reinfection are rare, the CDC recommends that even people who recover from COVID-19 continue to wear a mask, stay distanced and follow other precautions.Access to Trump for White House aides has been extremely limited since his discharge.
Thomas attended a meeting of the Joint Chiefs on Friday. The nation’s top military leaders – including the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. Mark Milley, and the vice chairman, Gen. John Hyten – are in quarantine after exposure at that meeting to Adm. Charles W. Ray, the vice commandant of the Coast Guard, who has since tested positive.
So, Trump was cured by drugs that Americans don’t have access to.
And?