President Donald Trump getting admitted for Covid-19 is probably the hottest news besides Xiaxue pulled a Chee Soon Juan in an HDB block.
Despite being in the high-risk age group and having to be placed on oxygen a couple of times, Trump recovered quickly from his infection.
So quickly that he had called it a “blessing“.
Well, if you’ve downloaded the Goody Feed app and kept up to date on what’s going on, you’ll know that Singapore has a small part to play in POTUS’s survival.
Previously, it was reported that the blood samples of three recovered Covid-19 patients from Singapore were sent over to provide antibodies in the treatment.
If you’re wondering if the report can be trusted (the internet, right?), well, wonder no more.
The National Centre for Infectious Diseases (NCID) has confirmed that blood was indeed sent over.
NCID Provides More Details About How Blood Samples from S’pore Patients Were Given to Trump
The NCID had received a collaboration request from the US biotechnology firm, Regeneron, to provide blood samples of recovered Covid-19 patients, according to TODAYonline.
As part of their collaboration agreement with the firm, NCID was supposed to have recruited up to 20 Covid-19 patients who have recovered.
They managed to get five blood samples ready (including patients’ informed consent and approval from the ethics committee) and were subsequently told by Regeneron that they now have enough to develop the “monoclonal antibody cocktails”.
Eventually, the firm used three of the five blood samples sent over to develop the miracle cure which made Trump go, “I feel good immediately.”
More Details On Sample Usage
Of course, the blood samples weren’t the only factor behind the drug.
It’s just one half of it.
According to NCID, the experimental drug consists of two antibodies: One from the blood samples of recovered Covid-19 patients and another from genetically-modified mice.
Not sure where the mice came from, though.
The two were then mixed together, hopefully with sugar, spice and everything nice, to form the “cocktail drug”.
Whelp, whether the drug contains sugar, spice and everything nice or not remains to be seen, but Trump seems pretty psyched to recover from the infection.
I will be leaving the great Walter Reed Medical Center today at 6:30 P.M. Feeling really good! Don’t be afraid of Covid. Don’t let it dominate your life. We have developed, under the Trump Administration, some really great drugs & knowledge. I feel better than I did 20 years ago!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 5, 2020
So much so that he promised to “make Covid-19 medication free” after it’s developed.
Whether he follows through with it or not, that’s a whole other story.
But one thing for sure, though; if you’re one of the five who consented, you can now brag to your grandkids how you saved the life of the US president.
You can find out more about Regeneron’s promising treatment here.
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