Covid antibodies treatment saving lives

 Washington Examiner:

Officials in states with skyrocketing hospitalizations due to the COVID-19 delta variant have touted underutilized monoclonal antibody treatments as the best way to avoid serious illness. Still, they stand by their decisions to ban vaccine mandates.

The treatment was given to former President Donald Trump when he was hospitalized with COVID-19 in October 2020. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, who tested positive after getting vaccinated, was also prescribed the treatment earlier this month. Dr. Anthony Fauci, the federal government’s top infectious disease expert, also touted the treatment’s efficacy, saying on Tuesday the risk of hospitalization or death due to COVID-19 could decrease by 70%-85% .

“This monoclonal treatment is probably one of the best ways to be able to [prevent serious illness], it's important to do it early, though,” Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said on Thursday. “If you wait till you're very, very ill and in need of hospital admission or intensive care, these antibodies at that point probably have missed their window to really nuke this.”

The state opened 21 sites where people exposed to COVID-19 can receive the monoclonal antibody treatment, a lab-made protein that mimics the body’s immune response to the coronavirus, free of charge. It is given to a patient intravenously within 10 days of testing positive before they become seriously ill and require hospitalization.

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DeSantis had actually been criticized by the media for taking this effective treatment route for dealing with outbreaks.  It is clearly more beneficial than relying mainly on masks. 

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