He's getting one of the experimental treatments, so I'm guessing that's why.
Please let it be one of the experimental treatment cures he touted. Dear Sandy Claws, I have been SO GOOD this year.
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Atropa - Oct 02, 2020 12:36:24 pm PDT #27070 of 30019
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Steph L. - Oct 02, 2020 12:38:36 pm PDT #27071 of 30019
I look more rad than Lutheranism
He's getting one of the experimental treatments
Interesting. I would think a sitting POTUS wouldn't be able to undergo experimental treatments (unless his life was imminently in danger), just because they aren't proven.
-t - Oct 02, 2020 12:39:02 pm PDT #27072 of 30019
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I hope every nurse, doctor, and orderly does every tiny petty thing they can to make him uncomfortable while he's there
chrismg - Oct 02, 2020 12:43:21 pm PDT #27073 of 30019
"...and then Legolas and the Hulk destroy the entire Greek army." - Penny Arcade
Geez, msbelle, I thought you were talking about yourself!
Dana - Oct 02, 2020 12:43:22 pm PDT #27074 of 30019
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
I would think a sitting POTUS wouldn't be able to undergo experimental treatments (unless his life was imminently in danger), just because they aren't proven.
Doesn't seem great. What a shocker, they're not giving him hydroxychloroquine. Or bleach.
Steph L. - Oct 02, 2020 12:44:43 pm PDT #27075 of 30019
I look more rad than Lutheranism
Dana, I totally want to medical-nerd out about this -- where did you read that he's getting an experimental treatment? (I'm going to end up down a rabbit hole that ends with leeches.)
Dana - Oct 02, 2020 12:48:00 pm PDT #27076 of 30019
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Both NPR and NYTimes have it.
Maria - Oct 02, 2020 12:48:12 pm PDT #27077 of 30019
Not so nice is that I'm about to ruin a Friday morning for a bunch of people because of a series of unfortunate events and an upset foreign government. - shrift
Teppy, most media is now reporting it. WaPo has a statement from his doc. It's the Regeneron polyclonal antibody cocktail.
Steph L. - Oct 02, 2020 12:48:16 pm PDT #27078 of 30019
I look more rad than Lutheranism
Dana, never mind -- I forgot that I could google, so I see it's the Regeneron antibody therapy. Interesting.
t edit I didn't type fast enough!
Dana - Oct 02, 2020 12:48:36 pm PDT #27079 of 30019
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
The treatment the president received is an antibody cocktail developed by the biotech company Regeneron, according to a memo from his doctor, Dr. Sean P. Conley. Mr. Trump is also taking vitamin D, zinc, melatonin, a daily aspirin and famotidine (an antacid better known as Pepcid), the memo said.
No leeches. Yet.