Covid-19 Prevention and Treatment

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Regeneron’s antibody cocktail is effective in preventing Covid infection, study shows

• Regeneron Pharmaceuticals said its antibody cocktail was effective in preventing Covid-19 in people exposed to those infected with the new coronavirus.
• Regeneron said it would discuss the interim results with U.S. health regulators to potentially expand the antibody cocktail’s current emergency use authorization.

https://www.cnbc.com/2021/01/26/reg...n-preventing-covid-infection-study-shows.html

 

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Sanofi to Make Millions of BioNTech-Pfizer Vaccine Doses

• Collaboration will help boost European Union’s vaccine supply
• Companies pledge more than 125 million doses of mRNA shot

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/arti...paign=news&utm_medium=bd&utm_source=applenews

 

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Pfizer to Deliver U.S. Vaccine Doses Faster Than Expected

• Labeling change means 200 million doses on hand by May’s end
• Drugmaker working on booster shot to shield against variants

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/arti...paign=news&utm_medium=bd&utm_source=applenews

 

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IBTL!

 

[Sac Arrow]

So someone answer me this, wouldn't it make sense to get an antibody test first, as you may not need the shot?

 

[eman1200]

So someone answer me this, wouldn't it make sense to get an antibody test first, as you may not need the shot?

ANTI VAXXER MISOGYNIST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[kyleb]

So someone answer me this, wouldn't it make sense to get an antibody test first, as you may not need the shot?

In an optimized world, yep. In our world where the big goal is to vaccinate everything that moves, it would probably just delay and confuse things by putting one more hurdle in the way.

 

[MauleSkinner]

In an optimized world, yep. In our world where the big goal is to vaccinate everything that moves, it would probably just delay and confuse things by putting one more hurdle in the way.

And by "hurdle", you mean "science".

 

[kyleb]

And by "hurdle", you mean "science".

What I mean is that we'd need to test and track 250 million people in addition to ultimately giving most of those same people two vaccinations. So, if we thought giving 250Mx2 vaccinations was tough, how about giving 250M tests, followed by 2x200M vaccinations? The scale is the issue, not to mention the added complexity of adding another step or two to the overall process.

 

[MauleSkinner]

What I mean is that we'd need to test and track 250 million people in addition to ultimately giving most of those same people two vaccinations. So, if we thought giving 250Mx2 vaccinations was tough, how about giving 250M tests, followed by 2x200M vaccinations? The scale is the issue, not to mention the added complexity of adding another step or two to the overall process.

Scale and complexity trump science every time.

how about just testing the people who want to be tested, rather than forcing both testing and vaccination?

 

[NealRomeoGolf]

IBTL!

You can't IBTL your own thread! Has to be some kind of terms violation.

 

[Palmpilot]

You can't IBTL your own thread! Has to be some kind of terms violation.

I've seen this movie before!

 

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From University of California, San Francisco:

Researchers engineer a tiny antibody capable of neutralizing the coronavirus

Article:

https://phys.org/news/2021-02-tiny-antibody-capable-neutralizing-coronavirus.html

The research paper:

https://science.sciencemag.org/content/370/6523/1473

 

[Checkout_my_Six]

vitamin D is good....

 

[Crashnburn]

Co-Q 10 and an elderberry gummy 2X daily.