NYT estimates it costs $1.5 million for the Regeneron antibody cocktail.

[IcyPeas]

Didn't Trump say we could get this for free?

"As far as we know, the President is the only person in the world to have received this combination of treatments."

NYT also estimates it costs ~ $1.5 million for the Regeneron antibody cocktail.

➡️ Special treatment for he, but not for thee. #COVID19

Link to tweet

?s=19

[NotANeocon]

1. Why is there so little talk of the embryonic human stem cell connection to this Regeneron

Yes the embryonic cells are sourced from In Vitro Fertilization but remember that the IVF technique is panned by the Anti Abortion crowd because it involves a human baby from conception. The company splits hairs on this but ask the Pope what he thinks.

Hypocrites.

[IcyPeas]

3. Regeneron says the stem cells were derived from an abortion...

https://www.technologyreview.com/2020/10/07/1009664/trumps-antibody-treatment-was-tested-using-cells-from-an-abortion/

This week, President Donald Trump extolled the cutting-edge coronavirus treatments he received as “miracles coming down from God.” If that’s true, then God employs cell lines derived from human fetal tissue.

The emergency antibody that Trump received last week was developed with the use of a cell line originally derived from abortion tissue, according to Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, the company that developed the experimental drug.

The Trump administration has taken an increasingly firm line against medical research using fetal tissue from abortions. For example, when it moved in 2019 to curtail the ability of the National Institutes of Health to fund such research, supporters hailed a “major pro-life victory” and thanked Trump personally for taking decisive action against what they called the “outrageous and disgusting” practice of “experimentation using baby body parts.”

The Trump administration has sought to block or curtail research that requires tissue from recently performed abortions. In August, for example, a new board created by the Department of Health and Human Services, and stacked with figures opposed to abortion, voted to withhold funding from 13 of 14 proposals.

[mdelaguna]

4. My friend works for Regeneron- not true

They are sharing this fact check:
https://factcheck.thedispatch.com/p/was-trumps-antibody-cocktail-created?fbclid=IwAR35avGHkBGqWG20IExkxPfVu86ksaP-_9m4G5OiEnkcScg8sEe2QfDqEAA

[mdelaguna]

5. Summary re: fact check

From my friend’s spouse:

Please stop spreading the false info that the Regeneron monoclonal antibody-body treatment was developed using human embryonic stem cellls. My wife has worked for the company that makes it for a very long time. She confirms that It is simply NOT TRUE. I keep seeing the claim. I keep having to knock it down. No one should be told that this medication violates their religious beliefs. If it proves safe and effective, people will die needlessly without it because of this false info.

[ihas2stinkyfeet]

7. even if it is- why can you donate any part of your body, or your whole body when you die

to science but not the products of conception from an abortion?
strikes me as better source than ivf leftovers. differentiated cells. way better.

[NotANeocon]

16. Right on their own Rejeneron site ----

- in an attempt to prove they are not using terminated fetal iines of stem cells, they make the claim that the stem cells used derive from IVF sources among others.

Now they might believe that this distinction is germane but to the anti-women's rights zealots (Catholic and Evangelical fascists eg) there is no difference. These biological dunderheads use the term "test tube baby" to describe IVF and claim there is an instant baby created when sperm meets ovum.

The hypocrites in chief are aware of the distinction I just pointed out but if it saves their life they are quite willing to ignore religious superstitions. Of course this medication violates many religious dogmatic untruths which many churches promote. If that prevents the rubes from saving themselves they are their own enemy and truth is not the enemy.

You may not like the fact that Regeneron is playing semantic games to appeal to religious and other political anti-abortion zealots but that's the fact. live with it.

[NotANeocon]

17. What makes "The Dispatch" more reliable than "The Mirror"?

Their purpose is to "correct FaceBook". =

Being associated with Facebook is enough to have me ignore any such blog.

[NotANeocon]

18. You might like the MIT evaluation -

- Seems they won't accept the anti-woman's rights group plausible deniability spin Regeneron had adopted and the Drumph cult has accepted.

MIT Review

[sunonmars]

2. Pretty safe to say, your average Joe is not getting this, only for the highest bidders.

[sinkingfeeling]

6. Didn't MF45 just state that he was going to make the

Regeneon treatment available to every American Covid-19 patient for free? How could the US budget handle that?

[sunonmars]

8. He lies.

[Rice4VP]

9. Don't we all have a spare $1.5M laying around?

[honest.abe]

10. There's nothing to fear from COVID-19 as long as you have 1.5M handy.

[SKKY]

11. Didn't 2 tons of fun say it was going to be free??

Kinda like how Mexico was going to pay for the wall?

[FBaggins]

12. I don't think that's true

The reports I've seen say that the anticipated cost is $3,100 per vial for Regeneron.

I think the $1.5 million figure is an estimate of the total cost involved... mostly the helicopter ride, presidential suite, secret service, etc.

[LiberalFighter]

13. Shouldn't we all get Marine One, Secret Service, and a presidential suite in the package?

[Hugin]

15. 'anticipated cost'? Isn't that like the free hamburgers tomorrow argument? n/t

[Hugin]

14. My estimate for the total cost of the 4 day campaign toot to WR...

Is no less than in the 10s of million Dollars.