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There are some solutions other than vaccines. The FDA recently approved some monoclonal antibody medication as an early treatment option for COVID-19 (brand name REGEN-COV). According to the FDA fact sheet, REGEN-COV requires a lengthy infusion process or an IV, which makes it more complicated and expensive to administer than either HCQ or ivermectin. Both of the latter meds are taken orally at home. If administered early, within days of infection, all these medications work similarly by preventing the virus from triggering the often fatal overreaction of the body's autoimmune system. It is this overreaction (cytokine storm) that is most responsible for causing the severe symptoms that often lead to hospitalization and death. In contrast, the virus itself usually results in mild cold or seasonal flu–type symptoms for most people having healthy immune systems. Those with a compromised immune system due to age or other co-morbidity are the most vulnerable to this dangerous cytokine storm reaction and should get higher priority for professional treatment.

These newly FDA-approved monoclonal antibodies have proven to be extremely effective in stopping the progression of the disease when administered early, prior to the onset of the cytokine storm overreaction. But instead of finding ways to increase production (or to allow the off-label use of HCQ or ivermectin), the HHS has taken control of its distribution. We know that this decision had nothing to do with the fact that about 70% of orders were from seven Southern states having conservative governors — most notably Florida and Texas. Right...it is also likely that blue states may not have been ordering it because their leadership may prefer to rely solely on the vaccines.

So, according to a doctor in Georgia, the Feds are withholding monoclonal antibody infusion meds through the HHS. HHS distributes the meds to each state, and is shorting the red states by 30%. HHS sends the states’ their allocated amount of meds, less the 30%, and the states health officers distribute to the counties. So the Feds insulate themselves and can blame the shortages on the state health officers. It’s a shell game folks.