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President Plays Pitchman For Another Experimental COVID ‘Cure’

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TARRYTOWN, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES - 2020/10/02: View of Corporate and Research and Development Headquarters of Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. on Old Saw Mill River Road. As President Donald Trump contracted COVID-19 he has been administered a dose of experimental Regeneron treatment, according to a memorandum from the President's physician. According to company press release antibody cocktail REGN-COV2 showing it reduced viral load and the time to alleviate symptoms in non-hospitalized patients with COVID-19. REGN-COV2 is a combination of two monoclonal antibodies (REGN10933 and REGN10987) and was designed specifically to block infectivity of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. (Photo by Lev Radin/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images)
TARRYTOWN, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES - 2020/10/02: View of Corporate and Research and Development Headquarters of Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. on Old Saw Mill River Road. As President Donald Trump contracted COVID-1... TARRYTOWN, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES - 2020/10/02: View of Corporate and Research and Development Headquarters of Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. on Old Saw Mill River Road. As President Donald Trump contracted COVID-19 he has been administered a dose of experimental Regeneron treatment, according to a memorandum from the President's physician. According to company press release antibody cocktail REGN-COV2 showing it reduced viral load and the time to alleviate symptoms in non-hospitalized patients with COVID-19. REGN-COV2 is a combination of two monoclonal antibodies (REGN10933 and REGN10987) and was designed specifically to block infectivity of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. (Photo by Lev Radin/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images) MORE LESS
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October 8, 2020 6:07 p.m.

Something just… doesn’t smell right about the President’s use, and subsequent pitch campaign, for a fairly new and experimental COVID-19 therapy. 

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