Posted on 08/14/2021 6:44:48 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
AUSTIN, Texas — As Central Texas faces another COVID-19 surge, there is an antibody treatment one researcher said can help ease the burden on hospitals and intensive care units.
Neutralizing monoclonal antibodies are a game-changer in fighting this disease, according to the doctor.
Prior to the treatment's availability, if someone tested positive for COVID-19 but wasn’t severe enough to be hospitalized, that person then isolated at home.
"Now we can say we actually have something that can decrease your risk of hospitalization and improve your chances of survival if you have features that place you at risk for progressing on to more advanced forms of COVID-19," said Dr. Robert Gottlieb with the Baylor Scott & White Research Institute.
Dr. Gottlieb said the key for the antibodies to be most effective is to get them early on.
"We've shown that if we give the antibodies early to patients at risk of progression, we can decrease the risk of hospitalization or worse by somewhere between 70% to even 87%," he said.
This comes as hospitals and ICUs are facing another surge, with low amounts of staffed ICU beds available for the Austin-region.
Gottlieb said this treatment can not only help people get better faster but also help hospitals out too.
"Quite frankly, you could save two lives. You could save your own life so that you don't require the hospitalization, and you can save a life that needs that hospital bed that you would have otherwise taken up, because hospital beds right now are precious," Dr. Gottlieb said.
Dr. Gottlieb said, as of now, patients get the antibody treatment through an IV. However, researchers are testing out using shots instead, with the hope of making the antibodies more widely available.
"Imagine one day, if you're in a clinic ... and you get your swab and it turns out positive, then maybe you could actually then, if you qualify, receive a subcutaneous injection of the neutralizing monoclonals," said Dr. Gottlieb. "Because that time gap means you're going to get maximal efficacy because you've compressed the time from testing to dose as much as possible."
Dr. Gottlieb said the treatments aren't available for everyone just yet. He said to talk with a health care provider to find out if you qualify.
BSW
Isn’t it just easier to give someone Ivermectin or HCQ, instead of a IV.
Depends on who is behind the ‘shots’. The NIH has research on it’s website showing the use of graphene in saline fluid for use in injections. Graphene Oxide is a toxin but is present in PFizer under the compound name PEG (PEGylated lipid). The company declared graphene oxide a trade secret so it doesn’t have to list it independently on the label).
So either these injections are good news or they are meant to get people to accept more toxic injections.
Easier isn’t better. I know, I speak from experience. And if they can give Covid patients a shot of monoclonal antibodies immediately, it could save millions of lives.
But there is so much money to be made with endless vackseens.
This Gottlieb guy sure gets quoted a lot. About rather many things.
I would encourage folks to pay attention to things outside the US. This technology is not something that only exists in the US. Other countries don’t give a damn about Democrats or Republicans. So if they aren’t infusing this antibody treatment, it would be good to know why, because maybe . . . just maybe . . . it’s all BS and doesn’t work very well.
You haven’t read the threads here about monoclonal antibody infusions?
Of course it is — selling snake oil is always easy. Getting something that works, however, should be the goal. Monoclonals are a cure — they should be the treatment of choice.
It works. It isnt always easy to get. You have a short window to get it. Many people wait until too late to jump through all the hoops.
Hey could have done that with hydroxychloquine and Ivermectin. Its not about saving lives. Its about creating Chaos. When democraps who say they are trying to save lives, ask them why they don’t give a sh!t about abortions?
I never see commercials urging COVID survivors to donate blood for antibodies. Why is this?
You mean a real inoculation. Like a real vaccine? Nah.....
is this antibodies harvested from plasma of covid survivors?
Is the type treatment received by Nick Saban, described in post #4, used where you work? Do you hear much about such treatment?
Monoclonal antibodies are not available in the critically ill — however I have referred many patients to monoclonal infusions. It is literally like turning off a light switch at 24 hours. People feel incredibly better and recover over the next week or so
Is there much use of antibody rich blood plasma, which seems to be the treatment given Nick Saban? And he was experiencing only mild symptoms after testing positive.
In my experience, convalescent plasma does not do a lot. However, monoclonals if administered early (like to Sabin) are a life saver
It’s easier, but HCQ and Ivermectin work very little if at all. Monoclonal antibodies are proven to work. I want the stuff that works, not snake oil.
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