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3h ago 09:23 Trump: 'It was a blessing from God that I caught it'

..."White House email says "all contact tracing" is complete "

In a video message, Donald Trump said that Regeneron was key to recovering from his infection. He said it was his suggestion to be treated with an experimental cocktail from the drug company, which has rarely been used outside clinical trials.

“I feel great. I feel like, perfect,” the president says in the video. “I think this was a blessing from God, that I caught it. This was a blessing in disguise. I caught it, I heard about this drug, I said let me take it, it was my suggestion.”

He promised to bring the drug to the American people for free, hawking it – falsely – as a “cure”. There is no cure for Covid-19.

The president, who has often talked up unproven, unapproved treatments – from hydroxychloroquine (which he has claimed to take as a prophylactic) to bleach – is doing so once again. Even if the drug is effective, it has not yet been granted emergency authorization for use by the general public.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2020/oct/07/donald-trump-coronavirus-covid-19-white-house-kamala-harris-mike-pence-debate-joe-biden-live-updates?page=with:block-5f7e3ccf8f08a7e27662fc3b#block-5f7e3ccf8f08a7e27662fc3b