The antibody cocktail that President Trump received for his COVID-19 infection and touted on Wednesday evening as a "cure" for the deadly virus was developed using cells derived from aborted fetal tissue, a practice the White House and anti-abortion rights groups oppose.Last week, Mr. Trump received Regeneron Pharmaceuticals' cocktail of monoclonal antibodies, an experimental therapeutic for coronavirus that is still undergoing testing and is not FDA approved. In a nearly five-minute video posted to Twitter on Wednesday, the president lauded its effects, calling it "the key."
"I think this was a blessing from God that I caught [the virus], I think it was a blessing in disguise," Mr. Trump said in the video. "I caught it, I heard about this drug, I said, 'Let me take it' and it was incredible the way it worked."But the way in which the antibody cocktail was developed is at odds with the Trump administration's position on research using fetal cells. According to a Regeneron spokesperson, the drug's potency was tested in a lab using HEK 293T cells. That cell line was originally derived from the kidney tissue of a fetus aborted in the 1970s. The cells "were used in testing the antibody candidates' ability to neutralize the virus" and helped researchers "determine the 'best' two antibodies, which now make up the REGN-COV2 cocktail," the spokesperson said.
Just think guys, if the SCOTUS had the same members on it in the 70's that it has today, Trump and Giuliani may already be dead from Covid.
-- Edited by PowerStroker on Thursday 24th of December 2020 10:09:45 AM
Pretty much, but the point is still valid. Trump may have been saved by aborted fetal tissue research, but with the new make up of the SCOTUS, your next Nazi hero may not be so lucky.