The experimental Covid-19 treatment Donald Trump took


Trump leaves the Walter Reed Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland, on Oct 5 after a three-day stay where he received a number of treatments for Covid-19. — AFP

In early October (2020), the White House announced that US President Donald Trump was given a course of remdesivir, a steroid called dexamethasone, and an experimental antibody cocktail.

An antibody cocktail is exactly what it sounds like, a mixture of two or more antibodies in a single treatment to help combat an infectious disease.

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