Governor Ron DeSantis Announces Expanded Monoclonal Antibody Access in Florida with New Monoclonal Antibody Centers

Florida Governor's website ^ | 08/12/2021

[SeekAndFind]

Governor Ron DeSantis Announces Expanded Monoclonal Antibody Access in Florida with New Monoclonal Antibody Centers

August 12, 2021

~ Monoclonal antibody strike teams will deploy directly to long-term care facilities ~

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Today, Governor Ron DeSantis announced that Florida is increasing the availability of monoclonal antibody therapies by opening a rapid response unit to administer this lifesaving treatment in Jacksonville.

I am proud to announce the opening of this rapid response unit to offer lifesaving monoclonal antibody therapies for Floridians,” said Governor Ron DeSantis. “We also look forward to setting up a long-term site at the Jacksonville Public Library and additional long-term sites across the state. These treatments have been proven successful, with clinical trials resulting in a 70% reduction in hospitalization and death for COVID patients.”

To find locations to receive monoclonal antibody treatments around the entire state, please visit floridahealthcovid19.gov.

[gas_dr]

Every ICU patient is unvaccinated.

[Republican Wildcat]

He needs to push this big time. This will get people out of the hospitals or keep them from going in to begin with.

[SeekAndFind]

RE: He should absolutely not mandate HCQ and Ivermectin

Let me modify that. It is not for DeSantis or ANY Governor to mandate anything. Not even vaccines or monoclonals. They are not doctors and should not be in the business of mandating anything.

Just make them AVAILABLE and allow doctors to prescribe them all based in INFORMED CONSENT.

[MustKnowHistory]

Thanks again for your posts!

[ProtectOurFreedom]

I talked to my immunologist and GP over a year ago about where to find an infusion center if I got sick. They would not talk to me. Their reply was effectively “We know how to treat you effectively if you get sick. Don’t put the cart before the horse.” My blood was boiling after that discussion.

[SeekAndFind]

*This is very useful Life Saving information for those in the USA. Not just in Florida.*

*Monoclonal Antibodies are one of the best therapies for those with Covid. President Trump himself was injected with Regeneron monoclonals and was released from Walter Reed Hospital in a few days, ready to resume his job.*

*Here are the Hospitals in the USA that have received shipments of monoclonal antibody therapeutics.*

*Punch in your city or ZIP Code to see if a hospital near you offers this therapeutic. Apparently, this therapeutic is available in all 50 states.*

https://protect-public.hhs.gov/pages/therapeutics-distribution#distribution-locations

[Liz]

A doctor told me the medical literature reports an effective protection is taking zinc and vitamins C and D to boost your immune system.

[Honest Nigerian]

That is not true. Unless you are going with some Dr. Faeces definition of “unvaccinated”.
And when did the JimJonesJab become a VACCINE? Because it isn’t a vaccine.

[Allegra]

Yep. I have “governor envy.” LOL DeSantis rocks.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

...I don’t think that’s [subcutaneous injection] been authorized yet...

Subcutaneous injection was authorized July 30, 2021. See bottom of page 4. Note the restrictions...

REGEN-COV is authorized for intravenous infusion. Subcutaneous injection is authorized as an alternative route of administration when intravenous infusion is not feasible and would lead to delay in treatment.

[roving]

Also strange how his hospital is the only one that has only unvaxxed in ICU

[Mozzafiato]

This should be the standard line of care for all symptomatic cases, regardless of age. I’ve heard they’re only giving people 65 and older, or high risk patients, the monoclonal antibody therapy...I’m not sure if that’s accurate or not.

[Grampa Dave]

This regimen earlier this year probably saved a friends life. He was over 80 and over weight and still recovering from pneumonia in 2020.

He was diagnosed with the crud and put into the local hospital’s crud ward. His two daughters are rns and knew about this drug.

They got him on the protocol, and he was out of the ICU in less than 2 days, and one more night in a regular hospital ward.

Then, he was sent home. He came back to the hospital as an out patient for a couple of infusions.

Then, they brought him in to implant/place a Medtronic Pacemaker in him and connected it to his heart. He spent a night there and has been a recovering outpatient every day since then. The pacemaker monitors him 24/7 and can make changes by itself and via the cardiac team.

[gas_dr]

Your post is unclear and full of disjointed talking points that it is clear you do not understand.

There are (and I will again repeat) absolutely NO vaccinated patients in our ICUs, every patient is unvaccinated. In the hospital there are << 1% of vaccinated patients, and none of them have progressed to critical illness.

I am sorry you do not like the data.

[gas_dr]

Not only this hospital, but several hospitals in the southeast region — but again anytime you want to post your personal observations having been in ICUs, please feel free to post them.

[vis a vis]

https://covid.infusioncenter.org/

Lots to choose from in the Tampa area.

[GaryCrow]

Monoclonal antibody therapy appears to be the real deal, I'm glad DeSantis is pushing to make access to this easier, it'll likely save a lot of lives.

The biggest problem with Covid is the amount of disinformation out there, much of it coming from the government. Fauci, the CDC, Biden, and the media have steadily peddled exaggerations and outright lies to the point that no one knows where the real truth lies. They've tried to scare people into submission with exaggerated claims and arm twisting instead of presenting facts and letting people make their own decisions. Now no one trusts anything that comes from them.

I have a relative I'm very close to that is a Pharmacist running a large drug store in Jackson MS. I don't trust much I read anymore about Covid but I do trust what he tells me. He's a hard core conservative and Trump supporter so he's not parroting Biden's BS. He tells me that the hospitals are currently overrun with Covid cases in Jackson and he's seen a marked increase in Covid patients in his pharmacy over the last couple of weeks. He says the antibody treatments are very effective and he's seen an increase of doctors off label prescribing Ivermectin. He's happy to fill the prescriptions for Ivermectin but says he hasn't seen any indication that it does anything. He thinks the doctors are prescribing it because an increasing number of patients are requesting it. His words were "it doesn't hurt anything, but it doesn't do anything either".

[FreedomForce]

Thanks for that update. Poking around on the regenerin.com website, i found this:

“Store unopened casirivimab and imdevimab vials in a refrigerator at 2°C to 8°C (36°F to 46°F) in the original carton to protect from light.”

So, no difficult storage requirements such as some of the vaccines have.

[absalom01]

The twitter bluechecks were trying to dunk on DeSantis all day for this proactive outreach, delivering effective therapeutics to vulnerable populations, by claiming this would undermine vaccine uptake.

These are the same people who carried the water for Cuomo while he was sending covid positive patients into nursing homes and LTC facilities.

Which just means, IMHO, that he looks like a threat to them.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

...people 65 and older, or high risk patients, the monoclonal antibody therapy...I’m not sure if that’s accurate or not.

You are correct, but it is slightly more restrictive; see below. Here is the source document:

FDA authorizes REGEN-COV monoclonal antibody therapy for post-exposure prophylaxis (prevention) for COVID-19

August 10, 2021

REGEN-COV may only be used as post-exposure prophylaxis for adults and pediatric individuals (12 years of age and older weighing at least 40 kg) who are:

• at high risk for progression to severe COVID-19, including hospitalization or death, and

• not fully vaccinated or who are not expected to mount an adequate immune response to complete SARS-CoV-2 vaccination (for example, people with immunocompromising conditions, including those taking immunosuppressive medications), and

• have been exposed to an individual infected with SARS-CoV-2 consistent with close contact criteria per Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), or

• who are at high risk of exposure to an individual infected with SARS-CoV-2 because of occurrence of SARS-CoV-2 infection in other individuals in the same institutional setting (for example, nursing homes or prisons)

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From FACT SHEET FOR HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS
EMERGENCY USE AUTHORIZATION (EUA) OF REGEN-COV (casirivimab and imdevimab)

Criteria for Identifying High Risk Individuals
The following medical conditions or other factors may place adults and pediatric patients (age 12-17 years and weighing at least 40 kg) at higher risk for progression to severe COVID-19:
• Older age (for example, age ≥65 years of age)
• Obesity or being overweight (for example, BMI >25 kg/m , or if age 12-17, have BMI ≥85th percentile for their age and gender based on CDC growth charts
• Pregnancy
• Chronic kidney disease
• Diabetes
• Immunosuppressive disease or immunosuppressive treatment
• Cardiovascular disease (including congenital heart disease) or hypertension
• Chronic lung diseases (for example, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, asthma [moderate-to-severe], interstitial lung disease, cystic fibrosis and pulmonary hypertension)
• Sickle cell disease
• Neurodevelopmental disorders (for example, cerebral palsy) or other conditions that confer medical complexity (for example, genetic or metabolic syndromes and severe congenital anomalies)
• Having a medical-related technological dependence (for example, tracheostomy, gastrostomy, or positive pressure ventilation (not related to COVID-19))