<p class="bodytext">President Donald Trump says doctors have told him that he could've become very ill with Covid-19 and credits an experimental antibody drug for helping him recover.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Trump told Rush Limbaugh in his call-in radio show on Friday that he was not in “great shape” and “might not have recovered at all.”</p>.<p class="bodytext">But the president says one day later, he was fine. Health experts say there is no way for the president or his doctors to know whether the drug was effective.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Trump says he is trying to get federal health officials to quickly approve an emergency use authorization from Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, which provides the antibody drug.</p>.<p class="bodytext">He adds it just “wiped out the virus,” which he says has killed five friends.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Health experts say it's not a cure, but experimental antibody drugs like those are among the most promising therapies being tested.</p>.<p class="bodytext">They aim to help the immune system fight the coronavirus. However, they are still in the testing phase and their safety and effectiveness are not yet known.</p>
<p class="bodytext">President Donald Trump says doctors have told him that he could've become very ill with Covid-19 and credits an experimental antibody drug for helping him recover.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Trump told Rush Limbaugh in his call-in radio show on Friday that he was not in “great shape” and “might not have recovered at all.”</p>.<p class="bodytext">But the president says one day later, he was fine. Health experts say there is no way for the president or his doctors to know whether the drug was effective.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Trump says he is trying to get federal health officials to quickly approve an emergency use authorization from Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, which provides the antibody drug.</p>.<p class="bodytext">He adds it just “wiped out the virus,” which he says has killed five friends.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Health experts say it's not a cure, but experimental antibody drugs like those are among the most promising therapies being tested.</p>.<p class="bodytext">They aim to help the immune system fight the coronavirus. However, they are still in the testing phase and their safety and effectiveness are not yet known.</p>