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(FILES) In this file photo taken on October 10, 2020, United States President Donald Trump removes his mask before speaking from the south porch of the White House in Washington, DC during a rally. – US President Donald Trump declared himself immune to Covid-19 on October 11, 2020 as he prepares to return to the election campaign and fight to regain ground against his rival Joe Biden. (Photo by MANDEL NGAN / AFP)
WASHINGTON, United States – President Donald Trump declared himself immune to Covid-19 on Sunday and is ready for a fight as his run for the White House against emerging rival Joe Biden enters its critical final weeks.
Trump’s doctors gave him a clear Saturday to return to the election campaign after it was ruled that he was no longer a risk of coronavirus transmission, although he has not yet declared himself virus-free and his claim of immunity is unproven.
“It seems I’m immune to, I don’t know, maybe for a long time and maybe for a short time, it could be a lifetime, no one really knows, but I’m immune,” Trump told Fox News “Sunday Morning Futures.” .
“The word immunity means something, which really has a protective glow.
“So now you have a president who doesn’t have to hide in a basement like his opponent,” Trump added, in a blow to Democratic challenger Biden, who has taken a much more cautious approach to campaigning in a pandemic.
But it is not yet clear to what extent contracting Covid-19 confers immunity, with early studies suggesting a few months, while newer ones have indicated that it could last longer.
Twitter on Sunday covered up a tweet from Trump claiming he was immune, saying the post violated its rules on misleading and potentially harmful misinformation.
The tweet was still visible once users clicked on the warning.
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Trump, 74, was treated with Regeneron, an experimental antibody cocktail that can give immunity for a few months when taken as a treatment rather than as a vaccine.
“In some cases, vaccines can last for decades. (But) if you get it in the form of natural immunity, that’s not known yet, ”Regeneron CEO Leonard Schleifer said on CBS’s“ Face the Nation ”on Sunday.
“If you put it in our jar, if you want it, it will probably last for months,” he said.
Following Biden with just 23 days until the Nov. 3 vote, Trump has been counting down the days until he can get back on track.
The Republican leader rallied hundreds of supporters for a comeback event at the White House on Saturday, and is planning back-to-back rallies this week, in Florida on Monday, then in Pennsylvania and Iowa, in a bid to salvage his struggling campaign.
During his phone interview on Fox News, Trump suggested that his rival in the White House might be ill.
“If you look at Joe, yesterday he was coughing horribly and grabbing his mask, coughing,” Trump said. “And I don’t know what that was all about, and it didn’t get a lot of press.”
‘GREAT CROWDS !!!’
Biden’s campaign has been publishing daily coronavirus tests for its 77-year-old candidate since Trump tested positive on October 1, sending him to a military hospital for three nights and derailing his campaign.
There has been less transparency around Trump’s health status, and his medical team repeatedly refused to say when he last tested negative for the virus. That has fueled suspicions that she may not have been tested for several days before her diagnosis.
Covid-19 has killed more than 214,000 people in the United States.
Biden has criticized Trump’s determination to rally large crowds during the pandemic, but the president has brushed off concerns, insisting that the United States has the upper hand against the virus.
“There is no excuse for the reckless behavior of President Trump,” Biden tweeted again on Sunday.
Former Vice President Barack Obama is currently about 10 points ahead in national polls with a solid lead in some key states.
With his political horizon darkening, Trump has resorted, more than ever, to recalling his surprise victory in 2016, as if to persuade himself that he can pull off a second surprise.
In a Sunday morning tweet, he paraphrased prominent statistician Nate Silver, who in 2016 called Trump’s victory “one of the most shocking events” in American history, and responded:
“That’s only because you were so wrong. This time there is much more ENTHUSIASM even than in 2016 “.
“GREAT CROWDS !!!”
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