Monoclonal antibodies are already successfully being used. This is just a press release from another company wanting in on the action.<p>Honestly surprising why so few people know about the antibody therapy we already have, reduces death by 80 to 90 %. Also unclear why we still need vaccine mandates when we have a cure.<p><a href="https://floridahealthcovid19.gov/monoclonal-antibody-therapy/mab-locator/" rel="nofollow">https://floridahealthcovid19.gov/monoclonal-antibody-therapy...</a><p><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/covid-monoclonal-abbott/2021/08/19/a39a0b5e-0029-11ec-a664-4f6de3e17ff0_story.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/covid-monoclonal-abbot...</a>
Based on the five or six "variants being monitored" that present actual threats, it seems like the virus adapts within 18 months, which is pretty fast for researchers to find new solutions, test them in a population safely, and then get the FDA to safely approve them.<p>Are we going to get to a situation like the annual Flu vaccine, where it is tested and released in (what I'm guessing) less than a year? Otherwise, it seems like we'll be chasing this virus with outdated solutions forever. Moderna and Pfizer are both currently testing a vaccine that is specific to Delta, but by the time it's approved (my guess: January/February) the current wave will be long behind us.
Is there any actual precedent for the scheme they present here (basically preventively give these antibodies to people who can’t mount their own response every 6 months)? Do we already do this with other diseases?
I’ve heard about these MCA treatments in articles but am surprised to hear in these comments about it actually already being in use.<p>My father is an immunocompromised transplant patient and has been isolating now since the start of the pandemic. His first two vaccines had no antibody response and we will get results on his third dose in just over a month from now.<p>The situation has been really difficult for us as a family and he’s not had human contact this whole time (lives alone, I’m in another country). His renal consultant and local NHS consultants offer no hope or mention of MCA treatment. Has anyone more information on this in the UK?
"The newly identified antibody was isolated using lymphocytes from COVID-19 patients."<p>So currently, the only people who have this antibody are people who have had COVID, correct?
I thought "potent" was a term referring to the strength of a particular composition of a particular drug. I thought "powerful" was the term that you could use to compare one drug to another, irrespective of dose.<p>Have I got it back-to-front?