Donald John Trump, regardless of his daughter's propaganda video, is seriously ill.
He is beginning anti-inflammatory therapy known as dexamethasone (click here). I assume he is still receiving remdesivir (click here). It is unclear that REGN-COV2 (click here) is an ongoing treatment because it is not usually given in the hospital. It is mostly an outpatient initiative.
When I first saw a lung imaging at the beginning of this viral onslaught I was concerned that the inflammation is about as dangerous if not more so as the virus itself. Mr. Trump is receiving an anti-inflammatory because his body is in a full assault against a significant viral load.
SARS-CoV-2 is a unique virus. It is called a novel because it is in a class by itself. Why?
...Altogether, (click here) these reports strongly suggest that SARS-CoV-2 differs from other coronaviruses in its capacity to replicate within the pulmonary tissue, elude from the antiviral effects of IFN-I and IFN-III, activate innate responses, and induce the production of the cytokines required for the recruitment of adaptive immunity cells....
The inflammatory response is a serious manifestation of the virus. It is the body's last-ditch effort to response to the virus. It is standard in every person with a significant viral load because SARS-CoV-2 drives the body to this extent.
...The most common symptoms (click here) were fever, shortness of breath, expectoration, fatigue, dry cough, and myalgia. Severe cases tend to have lower lymphocyte counts, higher leukocyte counts and neutrophil-lymphocyte ratio (NLR), as well as lower percentages of monocytes, eosinophils, and basophils. Most severe cases demonstrated elevated levels of infection-related biomarkers and inflammatory cytokines....
Donald John Trump has significant disease with advanced signs based on the medications he is administered. I remind this virus does not necessarily manifest severe lung distress while at the same time the blood level of oxygen is dropping. The president is being foolish from a health perspective in riding in a caravan in a parade to benefit his political campaign. It proves he believes his own misinformation that this is a flu and nothing more.
Let me make one last observation about the joint treatment of remdesivir and dexamethasone. The anti-inflammatory is reducing the damage to body tissue but it also reduces the immune response. HOWEVER, remdesivir is taking on the fight to eliminate the virus in the body.
Therefore, this duo is perfect. One protects the body's tissues while the night in shining armor is vanquishing the virus. It is a genius treatment.
