Patient beware: Some states are still pushing outdated Covid treatments

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Covid antibody treatments that don't work against the omicron variant are still being used in some states as supplies of sotrovimab from GlaxoSmithKline remains scarce.

Respectively, Michigan, Florida, Indiana, Missouri, Louisiana, California, Oklahoma, Kansas, Georgia, Ohio, New York, and Mississippi used the most courses of the Regeneron and Lilly treatments from Jan. 5 through Jan. 18, KHN’s analysis showed.

, after complaints from DeSantis and some doctors that those therapies could still help people in places where the delta variant persisted.Regeneron itself has said its antibody treatments are ineffective against the omicron variant. It contains more than 30 mutations in the virus’s spike protein, which makes the variant better at dodging the monoclonal antibody treatments.

Monoclonal antibody treatments are lab-based molecules that mimic the body’s immune response to infection. They are most often given through IV infusion, though some can be delivered with an injection. The federal government has agreed to purchase millions of doses of the Regeneron and Lilly products at a cost of about $2,100 per dose. The medicines are free to consumers, though hospitals and clinics do charge fees for administering the drugs and monitoring patients during the process.

Officials in Michigan, which used more than 5,800 doses of the Regeneron and Lilly products during the most recent two weeks, and California, which used more than 3,400, have allowed health care providers to use their clinical judgment about which treatment to prescribe.

 

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Bullshite, OmiCOLD not a thing,proves NBC in on the C19 scamdemic. NO ONE dying from sneezing, runny noses, headache, fatigue, sore throat. That’s called common COLD. Top 7 comorbidities that folks actually die from all have preventative treatment, but NO mention by Gov or MSM

Did ya mention WHY we have a scarce supply of antibody treatments… and who CAUSED IT?

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