The Epoch Times
President Donald Trump issued a video message late Thursday praising the experimental treatment he received for COVID-19, saying that he would like to make the treatment more widely available.
The president credited an experimental antibody cocktail treatment from Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc. for his recovery. Trump was able to obtain the treatment through a “compassionate use” exemption. The safety and effectiveness of the drug have not yet been established through clinical trials.
“I think this was a blessing from God that I caught it. This was a blessing in disguise,” he said in the video message from the Rose Garden. “I caught it, I heard about this drug, I said ‘let me take it,’ it was my suggestion. And it was incredible the way it worked. I think if I didn’t catch it we’d be looking at that like a number of other drugs. But it really did a fantastic job.”
A MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT! pic.twitter.com/uhLIcknAjT
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 7, 2020
“I want to get for you what I got and I’m going to make it free, you’re not going to pay for it. It wasn’t your fault that this happened, it was China’s fault. China’s going to pay a big price for what they’ve done for this country. China’s going to pay a big price for what they’ve done to the world,” Trump said.
The 74-year-old president had checked in at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland, on Oct. 2, before returning to the White House on Monday.
“I spent four days there, and, [when] I went in I wasn’t feeling so hot, and within a very short period of time they gave me Regeneron, and other things too but I think this was the key,” Trump said. “And it was like unbelievable, I felt good immediately.”
White House physician Dr. Sean Conley said in a memorandum on Wednesday that the president’s physical and vital signs “all remain stable and in normal range,” with no fever for four days, no symptoms for over 24 hours, and normal oxygen saturation and respiratory rates.
Conley also said on Wednesday that a blood test from Oct. 5 showed that Trump had CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus antibodies. The CCP virus emerged from Wuhan, China, late last year and causes the COVID-19 disease.
Trump had been given an experimental drug on Oct. 2—a single 8-gram dose of Regeneron’s polyclonal antibody cocktail. The polyclonal anti-viral antibody cocktail includes a collection of antibodies produced by B cells.
