Some people have no symptoms. Some have mild symptoms and immediately get better. Some have moderate symptoms and quicky recover. Some have mild symptoms but they linger for months. Some seem to get better, then worsen and even die. Etc etc. For Trump to have mild symptoms, take an antibody treatment, and antiviral, and a steroid, and “feel great” means absolutely nothing for the rest of us. It does remind us that treatments, and even tests, are not available to many. And that the antibodies he took are made using a process that involves fetal stem cells. And that he has stock in the company that makes one of the treatments he is touting. And that when precautions are ignored, many people quickly can be infected.

Some people have no symptoms. Some have mild symptoms and immediately get better. Some have moderate symptoms and quicky recover. Some have mild symptoms but they linger for months. Some seem to get better, then worsen and even die. Etc etc. For Trump to have mild symptoms, take an antibody treatment, and antiviral, and a steroid, and “feel great” means absolutely nothing for the rest of us.

It does remind us that treatments, and even tests, are not available to many. And that the antibodies he took are made using a process that involves fetal stem cells. And that he has stock in the company that makes one of the treatments he is touting. And that when precautions are ignored, many people quickly can be infected.
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