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    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    When Trump and Giuliani got COVID, they were treated with a drug cocktail unavailable to most people

    Rudy Giuliani is the most recent recipient of the same antibody treatment President Trump got, which has limited doses available. The president’s advisor Chris Christie seemingly jumped to the head of the line for a different antibody treatment.

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    By Madeleine Brand • Dec 11, 2020 • 7m Listen

    Rudy Giuliani is the most recent recipient of the same antibody treatment President Trump got, which has limited doses available. The president’s advisor Chris Christie seemingly jumped to the head of the line for a different antibody treatment. And Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson said President Trump personally cleared him for a treatment. It’s seemingly effective. Giuliani is already out of the hospital. So why can’t everyone who’s sick with COVID get this treatment?

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    The full episode

    3 of 5
    Congress passes week-long spending bill, but what about another COVID stimulus package?
    1. 0:00Congress is at ‘square one’ after another week of no COVID stimulus package
    2. 9:02How to overcome COVID vaccine skepticism among Black and Brown communities
    3. 19:31When Trump and Giuliani got COVID, they were treated with a drug cocktail unavailable to most peopleYou’re reading this
    4. 27:02Nacho-style cannoli for Hanukkah, plus the LA Times’ 101 restaurants list
    5. 36:10'The Prom’ is ‘absolutely tonedeaf in execution,’ says critic
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