> if monoclonal antibodies such as Regeneron prove ineffective against Omicron, is it still important to provide monoclonals as early treatment in the off chance that the infection could be Delta?
That would be counter-productive if your objective extend the "emergency". ;)
Considering that the shortage of monoclonals should have been determined months in advance it does make you wonder how such poor decision-making could have led to a near national shortage and someone surprised so many people.
While it's certainly counter-productive to the "emergency" it is also highly unethical. I have an acquaintance currently hospitalized for COVID - he was denied early treatment including monoclonal antibodies and now he's in the fight of his life.
Although most people will fare well, there are plenty who will not and understanding that "go home until you turn blue in the face" is not a good method of trying to deal with infections and hospitalizations.
Of course it's unethical. But so much, or many even most of what has been foisted on us since this thing began nearly two years ago has been unethical, that I'm not at all surprised.
Very true. It's hard for people to filter out the truth when both sides are yelling "you've got blood on your hands" whether it's speaking well of early treatment with safe & cheap drugs or believing vaccines are the only possible way out. Unfortunately it's our blood that's being spilled and nobody will be held accountable.
I've been reading that some states have been running low on monoclonal antibody treatment. But maybe it won't matter so much, if they're not as effective.
I'll have some remarks in my last segment (keep hitting the Substack limit!) about that idea. In theory, yes if everyone ends up getting Omicron. However, as Dr. Malone put it, there's still circulating Delta and doctors may be playing a dangerous game if they assume that their patients are experiencing Omicron and not Delta, especially considering that Delta may still be dominating hospitalizations.
Hopefully we'll get real data within the next few weeks that would really point to that, but for now I'd be really concerned that doctors may be acting far too impulsively.
So I just recently found a magical little tab button that allows me to color in my hyperlinks instead of underlining them. However, I'm realizing the muddled green color I chose isn't too easy to discern from regular bolded words. If there's issues with the color differentiation let me know and I'll try some different color palettes.
> if monoclonal antibodies such as Regeneron prove ineffective against Omicron, is it still important to provide monoclonals as early treatment in the off chance that the infection could be Delta?
That would be counter-productive if your objective extend the "emergency". ;)
Considering that the shortage of monoclonals should have been determined months in advance it does make you wonder how such poor decision-making could have led to a near national shortage and someone surprised so many people.
While it's certainly counter-productive to the "emergency" it is also highly unethical. I have an acquaintance currently hospitalized for COVID - he was denied early treatment including monoclonal antibodies and now he's in the fight of his life.
All the best to your acquaintance and his family.
Although most people will fare well, there are plenty who will not and understanding that "go home until you turn blue in the face" is not a good method of trying to deal with infections and hospitalizations.
Of course it's unethical. But so much, or many even most of what has been foisted on us since this thing began nearly two years ago has been unethical, that I'm not at all surprised.
Very true. It's hard for people to filter out the truth when both sides are yelling "you've got blood on your hands" whether it's speaking well of early treatment with safe & cheap drugs or believing vaccines are the only possible way out. Unfortunately it's our blood that's being spilled and nobody will be held accountable.
I've been reading that some states have been running low on monoclonal antibody treatment. But maybe it won't matter so much, if they're not as effective.
I'll have some remarks in my last segment (keep hitting the Substack limit!) about that idea. In theory, yes if everyone ends up getting Omicron. However, as Dr. Malone put it, there's still circulating Delta and doctors may be playing a dangerous game if they assume that their patients are experiencing Omicron and not Delta, especially considering that Delta may still be dominating hospitalizations.
Hopefully we'll get real data within the next few weeks that would really point to that, but for now I'd be really concerned that doctors may be acting far too impulsively.
Good point.
So I just recently found a magical little tab button that allows me to color in my hyperlinks instead of underlining them. However, I'm realizing the muddled green color I chose isn't too easy to discern from regular bolded words. If there's issues with the color differentiation let me know and I'll try some different color palettes.