Trump Calls Case a ‘Blessing From God,’ Hails Antibody Treatment

Oct. 8, 2020, 2:03 AM UTC

President Donald Trump credited Regeneron Pharmaceutical Inc.’s experimental monoclonal antibody treatment with his apparent recovery from the coronavirus, and announced Wednesday his intention to authorize emergency use of the therapeutic and provide it free to Americans.

“I want everybody to be given the same treatment as your president, because I feel great,” Trump said in a video posted on Twitter Wednesday evening. “To me it wasn’t therapeutic, it just made me better, O.K.?” he said. “I call that a cure.”

Trump added that he believed his brush with the virus was “a blessing from God” because it gave him ...

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