Published 14:00 IST, October 6th 2020
Fauci 'strongly suspicious' of Trump receiving experimental antibody cure for COVID-19
Dr Anthony Fauci said on October 6 that he is “strongly suspicious” that US President received the experimental Regeneron antibody treatment for COVID-19.
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As speculations regarding Donald Trump’s COVID-19 diagses & treatment continue to emerge, America's top infectious disease expert Dr Anthony Fauci said on October 6 that he is “strongly suspicious” of US President receiving experimental Regeneron antibody rapy for disease. In an interview with CNN, leing member of US coronavirus task force, Fauci said that “it very well could have been that”, about Trump getting experimental treatment that got him out of Walter Reed Medical Centre in just four days.
director of National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases said that researchers are “really quite optimistic about” moclonal antibodies treatment. Explaining that experts have h experience with that kind of cure for or diseases, Fauci said that Regeneron’s moclonal antibody was one of two s of antibodies that was very successful with Ebola.
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Talking about experimental treatment and its effect on Ebola, Fauci said that it h “us be cautiously optimistic that moclonal antibodies, which are a very specific protein, right, that body makes that you can produce in very large amounts and infuse it into an individual by an IV infusion, has potential to really be something very, very important in treatment of COVID-19 patients.”
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Trump could have a reversal, says Fauci
Meanwhile, Dr Anthony Fauci, who was t involved in Donald Trump’s primary care has said on October 6 that US President can have a reversal in disease progression. While Trump returned to White House after spending four days at Walter Reed Medical Centre following his COVID-19 diagsis, Fauci said in an interview with CNN that that issue with disease in preliminary st is that, re is a possibility of a rebound after five-eight days.
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director of National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, dr Anthony Fauci said that reversal means “going in wrong direction and getting into trouble”.
Many medical professionals have time and again warned that COVID-19 patients feel like ir health is bettering but n it can worsen. Fauci even said that patient is “t out of it until” individual has spent several days feeling well but ted Trump’s “good shape”. He said, “You're t out of it until you've gotten several days out and doing well, but he certainly does look very well.”
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14:01 IST, October 6th 2020