Trump tests positive for Covid-19

[The Voice]

Dunno why they didn't mention this in the article but even though the drug was developed using fetal cells it is not produced that way. They use mice engineered to have human immune systems to create the antibodies.

Seems like something they should have included if only to preemptively ward of the crazies who will inevitably announce that trump was injected with aborted fetuses...

Could've figured that out just by seeing the paper who published the article.

 

[Gordon_R]

So the white house now literally is a disease

Not a disease, but an infectious event:

White House hosted Covid 'superspreader' event, says Dr Fauci

The top US virus expert blames a lack of masks and no social distancing for an outbreak of cases.

www.bbc.com

 

[Sensorei]

Covid drug given to Trump developed using cells derived from an abortion

Trump touts Regeneron antibody cocktail as a potential ‘cure’ while he has consistently sought to restrict abortion access

www.theguardian.com

Now that we've got the sensationalist fake news news version out the way, here's the truth in detail:

"The president received an emergency cocktail of anti-coronavirus antibodies made by Regeneron. These molecules are manufactured in cells from a hamster’s ovary, so-called “CHO” cells, according to the company—not in human cells.

But cells originally derived from a fetus were used in another way. According to Regeneron, laboratory tests used to assess the potency of its antibodies employed a standardized supply of cells called HEK 293T, whose origin was kidney tissue from an abortion in the Netherlands in the 1970s.
Since then, the 293T cells have been “immortalized,” meaning they keep dividing in the lab, somewhat like a cancer, and have undergone other genetic changes and additions.

According to Regeneron, it and many other labs employ 293T cells to manufacture virus “pseudoparticles,” which are virus-like structures that contain the “spike” protein of the deadly coronavirus. It needs those to test how well different antibodies will neutralize the virus.

Source: https://www.technologyreview.com/20...ment-was-tested-using-cells-from-an-abortion/

Genetically engineered hamster ovaries are used to produce many different FDA approved treatments, peptides hormones, even the most one of the most commonly used fertility drugs, rHCG for inducing ovulation and stimulating natural testoserone production in male testes,

 

[Gordon_R]

Lengthy update on the timelines and whole saga:

Covid: The latest on Trump's health in six graphics

How ill has the president been and is he better? These graphics help explain what we do and don't know.

www.bbc.com

 

[Gordon_R]

Covid: Chris Christie 'was wrong' to not wear masks

Chris Christie says he was "wrong" to shun masks after battling Covid-19 in intensive care for days.

www.bbc.com

 

[Moosedrool]

I still see crazies citing thegaurdian thinking it's a legitimate source.

This must be what their writing staff meetings looks like:

 

[The Voice]

I still see crazies citing thegaurdian thinking it's a legitimate source.

This must be what their writing staff meetings looks like:

Not far off.

 

[airborne]

Is he dead yet??

 

[Gordon_R]

Bumbling into the election:

Covid: Trump's chief of staff admits US cannot control pandemic

Democrat Joe Biden says comments by Mr Trump's chief of staff show the White House has admitted defeat.

www.bbc.com

US Vice-President Mike Pence has continued to campaign despite positive tests on his team.

Mr Pence and his wife both tested negative on Sunday, his office said.

 

[Gordon_R]

Bumbling into the election:

Covid: Trump's chief of staff admits US cannot control pandemic

Democrat Joe Biden says comments by Mr Trump's chief of staff show the White House has admitted defeat.

www.bbc.com

Surprise, Meadows is now Covid positive:

Covid-19: US hits record daily case rise three days running

The record rise in infections include Trump's chief of staff Mark Meadows, officials said Friday.

www.bbc.com

 

[Gordon_R]

Another senior (elderly) Republican tests positive:

Chuck Grassley: Senior Republican senator gets coronavirus

Chuck Grassley's illness caused him to skip a Senate vote for the first time in 27 years.

www.bbc.com

In his role as president pro tempore of the Senate, Mr Grassley is behind only the House of Representatives speaker Nancy Pelosi and US Vice-President Mike Pence in the order of succession to the US presidency.

 

[Gordon_R]

Donald Jr also tests positive:

Donald Trump Jr tests positive for coronavirus

The president's son, who is 42, is quarantining after being diagnosed this week, his spokesman says.

www.bbc.com

Earlier on Friday, Andrew Giuliani, a special assistant to President Trump, announced he had tested positive for coronavirus.

Mr Giuliani - who is the son of the president's personal lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, tweeted that he was experiencing mild symptoms after receiving his positive test on Friday morning.

CBS News, the BBC's US partner, has confirmed that at least four other White House aides have tested positive for Covid-19 in the latest outbreak there.

 

[Hamish McPanji]

Donald Jr also tests positive:

Donald Trump Jr tests positive for coronavirus

The president's son, who is 42, is quarantining after being diagnosed this week, his spokesman says.

www.bbc.com

Has been positive since Monday, apparently. Probably too sick to tweet about it

 

[Gordon_R]

You can't make up these plot twists:

Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani admitted to hospital with Covid-19

Rudy Giuliani has been leading the Trump campaign's legal challenges to the 2020 election results.

www.bbc.com

 

[Gordon_R]

Newly elected Republican congressman dies from Covid:

Luke Letlow: Newly elected US lawmaker, 41, dies from Covid

Luke Letlow, 41, was due to be sworn in as a Republican Representative for Louisiana on Sunday.

www.bbc.com

 

[AfricanTech]

Newly elected Republican congressman dies from Covid:

Luke Letlow: Newly elected US lawmaker, 41, dies from Covid

Luke Letlow, 41, was due to be sworn in as a Republican Representative for Louisiana on Sunday.

www.bbc.com

But, but the Donald said...

 

[The Voice]

But, but the Donald said...

If you had COVID at the time you were flattened by a bus, COD would still be COVID-related.

 

[AfricanTech]

If you had COVID at the time you were flattened by a bus, COD would still be COVID-related.

So you're saying that's a fake Covid death?

 

[The Voice]

So you're saying that's a fake Covid death?

I'm saying there's a chance it might not be a real COVID death.

 

[RanzB]

So you're saying that's a fake Covid death?

Letlow was admitted to hospital on 19 December due to complications from the coronavirus. His condition worsened and on 23 December he was transferred to an intensive care unit at a hospital in Shreveport, where he died on Tuesday.

"Bus"