FDA authorizes Covid-19 treatment

Anderson Cooper 360

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🗓️ 24 August 2020

⏱️ 46 minutes

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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has authorized the emergency use of convalescent plasma to help treat patients with Covid-19 saying the “known and potential benefits of the product outweigh the known and potential risks of the product.” President Trump claimed “political reasons” held up this treatment after he accused members of the FDA of being part of the “deep state.” William Haseltine, Chair and President of ACCESS Health International, tells Anderson Cooper “the data does not support the approval of this drug” and it’s “a very modest improvement for people who take it very early, if it’s an improvement at all.” Plus, the Republican National Convention is set begin and details are beginning to emerge about the schedule and speakers for the 4-day event. President Trump is expected to make an appearance every night of the RNC. One of his appearances will be with a group of doctors, nurses and EMTs who have been on the frontlines of the coronavirus crisis. Former Republican Senator Rick Santorum joins AC360 and says he thinks there will be a lot of comparisons about Joe Biden and President Barack Obama’s handling of the H1N1 virus and admits he thinks the President “rhetorically has handled the Covid-19 crisis horribly.” Airdate: August 23, 2020 To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Good evening.
0:04.8	Welcome to a special edition of Free 60 on a historic night.
0:07.3	Historic because the Republican National Convention officially begins tomorrow for a campaign
0:11.3	that's been turned upside down by the coronavirus, forcing campaigns to reinvent the big tent
0:16.0	revival aspect of these events and to keep their candidates socially distanced from the
0:20.0	most vocal supporters.
0:21.8	Historic because like the Democratic Convention last week, no capacity crowds for President
0:25.6	who feeds off the live energy of his base.
0:28.2	Unlike the Democrats, Republicans are hoping to have some kind of audience at their convention
0:31.6	side in Charlotte, North Carolina to react to what one Republican tell CNN will be
0:35.5	nightly appearances by the President.
0:37.5	Currently, there have been more than 5.6 million coronavirus cases, more than 176,000 deaths
0:42.9	from the virus in this country on Friday, a model that's been cited by the White House
0:46.9	projected about 310,000 deaths, that's an increase of 15,000 by December.
0:52.5	And historic because the timing of the convention coming not only day after audio was released
0:56.4	by the Washington Post, the President's sister, former federal judge harshly criticizing
1:01.0	her brother, the President, but also days after his 2016 campaign chairman, Steve Bannon,
1:05.9	was charged with fraud in relation to fundraising for the signature issue of Trump's campaign
1:10.5	four years ago, the border wall.
1:12.9	Top campaign adviser Jason Miller said today, the convention will be optimistic and upbeat
1:17.5	and focus on what they say or the accomplishments of the administration.
1:21.0	Convention will also very much be the Trump show with family of the 45th President taking
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