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Are you hearing that people who won’t get vaccinated are instead getting monoclonal antibodies?

Asked by JLeslie (65743points) September 1st, 2021 from iPhone

You might have heard that where I live we have a monoclonal antibody treatment location that can handle 300 people per day.

Someone told me people are getting monoclonal antibodies in lieu of the shot. This is costing society a fortune if that is the case.

From what I understand they will give you treatment if you have had close exposure to someone who is sick, and my guess is you can just say you were exposed.

Who is paying for that treatment? Insurance? The fed?

By the way the set-up is in a movie theater in a town square. People have been seen coming out of treatment and going to eat at a restaurant. Supposedly, one of the sightings the person looked winded when they arrived at the restaurant. So, I guess maybe that guy was actually sick, but he took his sickness into a restaurant if he was.

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Caravanfan's avatar

And the monoclonal antibodies don’t work that well anyway.

rebbel's avatar

Is that the movie theater opposite the horse riding school, where other non-vaxxers go to to get their shot of Ivermectin?
Oh no, that’s Mississippi.

“The Mississippi State Department of Health issued an alert Friday warning against using an anti-parasite drug to treat or prevent COVID-19. The alert came as calls to the state poison control center have increased, with at least 70% being related to ingesting ivermectin — a drug commonly used for livestock.

“I certainly would strongly recommend people not take any medicine from a feed store or a veterinary source,” Mississippi Health Officer Dr. Thomas Dobbs said Wednesday at a COVID-19 briefing. “It can be dangerous.”

JLeslie's avatar

@Caravanfan Don’t work well prophylactically? I know you said it doesn’t work well as treatment once people are sick.

KNOWITALL's avatar

My uncle got those after testing positive but refuses to be vaccinated.

JLeslie's avatar

@KNOWITALL At least he tested positive. What I heard here was some people were saying they were at high risk after being exposed (lying) and getting the treatment thinking it will protect them.

FDA did authorize it if the person has a known exposure. https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/ncna1275737 looks like It’s a simple shot in that case.

ragingloli's avatar

@rebbel
It is funny that antivaxxers will inject, imbibe, and swallow all kinds of weird and dangerous chemicals, that their conspiracy theorist sources have latched on to that day, but refuse to get vaccinated because “they do not know what is in it”.

Tropical_Willie's avatar

Are they also getting a tattoo on the forehead IDJIT ? ?

chyna's avatar

@ragingloli Exactly! I don’t get it.

janbb's avatar

This is the first I’m hearing about it. Florida – got to love it!

KNOWITALL's avatar

@JLeslie Yes. We aren’t sure why he and his family won’t get vaxxed, but it’s a sore subject.
Like loli says, it makes no sense to us to not get the vaccine but get this shot.
Eventually I’ll ask him.

JLeslie's avatar

@janbb From what I understand DeSantis owns stock in the company. No surprise.

I’m actually glad we have a place in the area to give the treatment, just very unhappy with the specific location they chose and as always very unhappy with the gouging profit machine in healthcare.

As far as people trying to get a dose to protect themselves, I’m not clear if people are actually lying to get it, but I think if they are doing it here, probably it’s happening many places.

RocketGuy's avatar

Isn’t that like giving Stinger missiles to the Taliban? Eventually they will run out. Better to get vaccinated, so that your body knows how to manufacture as needed.

JLeslie's avatar

@RocketGuy Run out? I thought the antibodies are synthetic? I understand your point that it is good for your own immune system to be able to recognize the virus and fight it though.

RocketGuy's avatar

Each injection contains only so many antibodies. Once they are used up or deteriorate, the body will not know how to generate more.

Lightlyseared's avatar

Give a man a fish an he’ll eat for a day. Teach a man to fish and he’ll eat for a lifetime.
Monoclonal antibodies are giving your immune system fish. The vaccine is teaching your immune system to fish.

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