Coronavirus Pandemic Update 110: Trump's Risk Factors and COVID-19 Prognosis; Interferon

President Trump was flown to the hospital on Friday afternoon (October 2, 2020) after testing positive for COVID-19 on October 1. Roger Seheult, MD discusses the experimental drug Regeneron that Trump was given and the risk of severe symptoms or death given the President’s age and co-morbidities. Dr. Seheult also discusses a new article in the journal Nature about the key role of interferon in fighting SARS-CoV-2 and symptoms of COVID-19 (This video was recorded on October 2, 2020). LINKS / REFERENCES: Johns Hopkins Tracker | https://coronavirus.jhu.edu/map.html President’s Physical Exam | https://assets.documentcloud.org/documents/6935798/Trump-medical.pdf USA Today | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2020/10/02/trump-heads-walter-reed-hospital-after-positive-covid-19-test/5894256002/ Hidden Immune Weakness | https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/09/hidden-immune-weakness-found-14-gravely-ill-covid-19-patients Pre-Print on Risk Stratification Based on Age | https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.07.23.20160895v5 Inborn Errors | https://science.sciencemag.org/content/early/2020/09/29/science.abd4570 Auto-antibodies | https://science.sciencemag.org/content/early/2020/09/23/science.abd4585 ResearchGate | https://www.researchgate.net/publication/20022797_Hyperthermia_in_Humans_Enhances_Interferon-g_Synthesis_and_Alters_the_Peripheral_Lymphocyte_Population Newsweek | https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-still-fatigued-after-taking-experimental-antibody-cocktail-famotidine-covid-1536085 The Guardian | https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/oct/02/trumps-age-and-weight-may-cause-covid-19-complications-doctors-say Medium | https://medium.com/swlh/interferon-responses-could-explain-susceptibility-to-severe-covid-19-cc69a654b999 WKBN | https://www.wkbn.com/news/coronavirus/what-is-regenerons-antibody-cocktail-heres-what-we-know-about-trumps-treatment/ MedCram Coronavirus Update 46 | /watch/oxXWfhnwRFEwW MedCram Coronavirus Update 47 | /watch/8QPPfygHL1HHP MedCram Coronavirus Update 59 | /watch/4RWLNx2A2MNAL THE MEDCRAM WEBSITE: Visit us for videos on over 60 medical topics and CME / CEs for medical professionals: https://bit.ly/3OiacDt SUBSCRIBE TO THE MEDCRAM YOUTUBE CHANNEL: /user/MEDCRAMvideos Get notified of new videos by hitting the bell icon: RECENT PREVIOUS COVID-19 UPDATES: Please visit MedCram.com for the full series: - Coronavirus Pandemic Update 109: New Data From Europe As COVID 19 Infections Rise /watch/gbekcC63HCr3k - Coronavirus Pandemic Update 108: High Risk COVID 19 Behaviors; Cases Rise in Europe /watch/geKTt5BdJw2dT - Coronavirus Pandemic Update 107: Monoclonal Antibodies for COVID 19 Treatment and Prevention? /watch/Mhj8pxyLavwL8 - COVID 19 Update Update 106: Comorbidities and Excess Deaths; Bradykinin and Coronavirus /watch/UbFSx3fCET_CS - Coronavirus Pandemic Update 105: FDA Authorized Treatments; COVID 19 Vaccine Update /watch/sPO7poRRM10R7 - Coronavirus Pandemic Update 104: COVID 19 Reinfection & Immunity /watch/Ib_Rd_sOB9JOR - Coronavirus Pandemic Update 103: Convalescent Plasma Treatment & the FDA; College Campuses Close /watch/wa4VX_TtmvptV - At Home, Cheap, COVID-19 Tests with Results in 15 Minutes: How to Fix Testing with Dr. Michael Mina /watch/EQc_UKHM-PcM_ Several other recent close contacts with the President have also tested positive including Aide Hope Hicks, Senator Mike Lee, RNC Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel, Former Counselor Kellyanne Conway, and Campaign Manager Bill Stepien All coronavirus updates are at MedCram.com (including COVID 19 diagnosis, prevention, treatment, vaccine COVID 19, President Trump Hospitalized with coronavirus, Regeneron, interferon, remdesivir, restaurants and COVID 19, and more). We offer many other medical topics (ECG Interpretation, thrombosis, pulmonary embolism, myocardial infarction, hypertension, DKA, influenza, measles, mechanical ventilation, etc.) on our website. MEDCRAM WORKS WITH MEDICAL PROGRAMS AND HOSPITALS: MedCram offers group discounts for students and a variety of medical programs, hospitals, and other institutions. Contact us at customers@medcram.com if you are interested. MEDIA CONTACT: Roger Seheult, MD Board Certified in Internal Medicine, Pulmonary Disease, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine. Associate Professor at the University of California, Riverside School of Medicine Media Contact: customers@medcram.com Media contact info: https://bit.ly/3ryTM0w Video Produced by Kyle Allred FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL MEDIA: https://www.facebook.com/MedCram https://twitter.com/MedCramVideos https://www.instagram.com/medcram DISCLAIMER: MedCram medical videos are for medical education and exam preparation, and NOT intended to replace recommendations from your doctor. #COVID19 #SARSCoV2 #MedCram

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