Okay, so I AM NOT A SCIENCIST but I do play a science editor at work, so here& #39;s a few things I& #39;ve managed to put together with some internet research. Someone please check me if I& #39;ve got this wrong.

First, this antibody treatment isn& #39;t something they whipped up in the WH tub.

The head of Renergon, who provided the treatment is (I have read) a buddy of Trump& #39;s. This is a treatment that has been discussed and in development for several months now, but it was only just entering serious trials in September. https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/09/provocative-results-boost-hopes-antibody-treatment-covid-19">https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020...

Interestingly, they were planning on trialing the drug on high risk groups (older people, overweight people [their words not mine], and diabetics). So Trump is actually an ideal guinea pig.

Based on the article linked above, they found the treatment worked best in people who/

had no previous antibodies to COVID19; if that were the case, there was a good chance of having a lighter viral load (less virus there to make you sick). But they had only trialed it on a couple hundred people and were looking to move it along quickly.

So Trump gets the treatment & #39;cause he& #39;s got a buddy, clearly, but also, to be super clear? He got the treatment because he& #39;s wealthy (even if he& #39;s in debt up to his bad toupee). Insurance doesn& #39;t pay for experimental treatments, as a general rule; you get enrolled in trials.

ANYWAY that& #39;s why the language on that one headline that& #39;s floating around; there& #39;s a "race" to see whether his body can produce antibodies faster than the virus can reproduce. Which is basically the case any time someone gets a virus, but someone made a clickbait headline.