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Doctors are often unaware of the only treatment for early Covid-19 (monoclonal anti-bodies)
Cnn ^ | 10/25/2021 | Elizabeth Cohen

Posted on 10/25/2021 10:28:22 AM PDT by Signalman

On September 17, Mayra Arana made the phone call she says saved her life.

Arana had been vaccinated against Covid-19, but she developed a breakthrough infection. She feared the virus might kill her, since her immune system is weak after years of treatment for leukemia. Arana's family physician in California told her there wasn't much she could do besides stay home and rest. At home, following her doctor's advice, Arana felt sicker by the hour. Her husband placed a pulse oximeter on her fingertip, and it showed her blood oxygen levels were dipping dangerously low.

"I'm Catholic, so I kept praying," Arana said. Getting more and more worried, Arana called her oncologist at the University of California San Francisco. It turned out her family physician was wrong: There is a treatment for early-stage Covid-19. By this point, Arana was so weak she couldn't walk on her own. Her husband, a school bus driver and custodian, got her out of bed and drove her to UCSF Fresno, where she received four shots of the treatment, called monoclonal antibodies.

"The next day I could feel a difference. Two days later I could get out of bed and clean the house and feed my children," Arana said. "I really do think the antibodies saved my life."

An investigation by CNN shows Arana is not alone in her challenge to find monoclonal antibodies. Many patients who qualify for the drugs say their doctors never mentioned them, even though it has been nearly a year since antibodies were first authorized by the US Food and Drug Administration, they're the only treatment for early Covid, and studies have shown they can dramatically reduce the risk of hospitalization and death.

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KEYWORDS: anthonyfauci; chinavirustreatment; covid19; covidstooges; fullyvaccinated; monoclonal; monoclonalantibodies; monoclonalantibody; monoclonalantiodies; rare; safeandeffective; unexpected
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To: Signalman

My doctor is prescribing the monoclonal infusion coupled with an oral steroid.


21 posted on 10/25/2021 1:57:11 PM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: CheshireTheCat
Doctors are stupid and worthless.

Not all of them. I had a very good primary care doctor (ex military), who was treating COVID early with IVM/zimc/antibiotics. He knew it worked because that's how he treated himself when he got it.

Sad to say he's been relocated to a different practice 2 hours away, but in our last interview he let me know that the main hospital (only ONE hour away) is providing the MCB infusion. So I still feel reasonably safe as a proud Control Natural (i.e. un-vaxxed) individual.

Haven't met his replacement yet, but am hopeful.

22 posted on 10/25/2021 2:05:59 PM PDT by Chad C. Mulligan
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To: rx

Shouldn’t be if it’s pragmatic


23 posted on 10/25/2021 2:24:17 PM PDT by aMorePerfectUnion (Fraud vitiates everything ᡕᠵ᠊ᡃ࡚ࠢ࠘ ⸝່ࠡࠣ᠊߯᠆ࠣ࠘ᡁࠣ࠘᠊᠊ࠢ࠘𐡏⁻ )
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To: rx

“I have to imagine that hospital-based treatment of COVID using a combination of only vitamin D, zinc and blood thinners should also be considered malpractice.”

worse, the EUA’s for MABs specifically prohibit them from being used for someone hospitalized with covid ... lesson here is that under no circumstance should someone allow themselves to hospitalized with covid: that’s a guaranteed death sentence!


24 posted on 10/26/2021 10:51:08 AM PDT by catnipman (Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!)
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To: Sir Bangaz Cracka

Oh, other therapeutics are acknowledged. They’re just not on the approved countermeasures list created by the PREP Act.

That’s why they aren’t being prescribed.

It’s NOT out of ignorance.

Case in point...

https://mobile.twitter.com/drscottjensen/status/1453014029673377805?s=20

He’s being investigated again. For the 5th time.


25 posted on 10/26/2021 10:54:24 AM PDT by mewzilla (Those aren't masks. They're muzzles. )
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