Outrages
 

It is absolutely outrages that the villages are opening up the theater in Brownwood for
Monoclonal Antibody treatment from 9-5 seven days a week. It will be for those who have contacted or were exposed to Covid 19 and at high risk! It is free and vaccinations does not matter! It can handle 300 patients a day! It is insane to think that 300 patients a day that are at high risk for Covid 19 will be wondering around a Square which is the center of business's in Brownwood. You have to be a part of the insanity to entertain Brownwood as a source of relaxation and shopping or sitting around about 500 feet or so having a doughnut and coffee. During the high vaccination period they were given in a very large field at the Brownwood Community Center. This removed the risk of being in a high density of those who have been exposed to the virus. Why in the name of God would you move this to such a high risk location. It just does not make sense! :ohdear:

Available structure, existing parking, easy access, publicity.

There were logistical problems with the open field solution not to mention the cost of the structures. Those particular problems will be solved by this solution.

While this is certainly not an ideal situation, perhaps there aren't a lot of alternatives. A hospital setting would be better but the hospitals have their own set of problems right now.

(and for future reference, the word is outrageous)

"Outrageous." "Wildwood" Community Center.

I'm glad they're doing this. I think it has been the aim of the grand poo-bah of the state to emphasize treatment along with not mandating vaccinations. Before this there was only one site in TV for this treatment, and that was TVRH, an already stressed facility. Otherwise the closest places were Leesburg and Ocala.

There is a list of everywhere in the US to get this treatment. It's not easily searchable because it's not by state, but every place so far is there. https://www.arcgis.com/home/item.htm...301a7e262#data

The treatment has to be given within ten days of getting the virus.

More about that here, but it might be behind a paywall. https://www.washingtonpost.com/healt...2fda2f4702117f

So someone who was exposed or tested positive, probably unvaccinated parks in the OUTDOOR parking lot, walks OUTDOORS into the theater that is closed for everything else, gets an infusion of monoclonal antibodies alongside others that are in the same boat, then walks OUTDOORS back to their car parked OUTDOORS So you're at the shops in the square---just how does this affect you? Hardly OUTRAGEOUS.

COVID Treatment in Town Square
 

So The Villages in their infinite wisdom has decided to set up a monoclonal COVID antibody treatment site in the heart of a town square? According to the news story they plan to use the Brownwood Theater. This means all the COVID positive people in the county will be walking into the Brownwood town square for treatment. What sense does it make to send all your positive COVID patients to the heart of a community where people gather?

“ A monoclonal antibody treatment site will open in the Barnstorm Theater in The Villages.

Gov. Ron DeSantis on Wednesday announced the opening of the treatment center in the movie theater at Brownwood Paddock Square.

The treatment site will be open seven days a week from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and has the capacity to serve more than 300 patients per day.”

https://www.**************.com/2021/...-the-villages/

For whatever reason I cannot get the link to the article to work. It is on TheVillagesNews.com

I was amazed when I read this story in the local paper, a site also in the Savanah Center! Really, does the Morse family want to go down this road?

Most of the studies I've read indicate it takes a minimum of 15 minutes of accumulated exposure _indoors_ to contract Covid-19. That's in a confined space with little air movement. The exception was health care workers who were intubating covid patients and caught a face full of covid concentrate.

Walking past someone with Covid, unless they cough into your mouth, is not going to expose you to this disease.

I'm also quite sure there will be a triage tent of some sort set up outside and other protocols to prevent covid positive people from infecting others. Such as, they won't have them all sitting in a 10x10 waiting room that also lets uninfected people linger about breathing in virons.

Brownwood
 

they’ll never pass on a chance to make a buck!

The Savanah Center makes more sense since it’s somewhat more isolated from the general public.

Where does it say Savannah Center site???
 

The story in the Daily Sun does not mention the Savannah Center at all only at the Barnstorm Theater in Brownwood. Where did you get your info?

FDA approves vaccine for emergency situation only:

"I ain't takin no danged vaccine, it's not even approved by the FDA! Experimentin on humans without our consent, that's what it is!"

1 week later, after the FDA gives full approval of the vaccine:

"Big pharma's gettin rich off our tax dollars on a drug they pushed through cause of politics! I ain't gettin no stankin jab!"

2 months later, after FDA approves experimental monoclonal antibody therapy:

"Martha, you go ahead to the square and enjoy yer line-dancin, I'mma git me some experimental jab, woo hoo!"

Because it just makes SO much sense.

Guessing the space is being rented. Barnstormer has been closed, and developers are free to do what they choose with the building. No matter who thinks it’s good bad or indifferent.

What amazes me is that someone would start a new thread on this subject at 8:20 AM when someone else started a thread on EXACTLY THE SAME SUBJECT at 7:51 AM

I'll entertain all explanations.......but expect crickets:1rotfl::1rotfl::1rotfl:

Theaters are closed anyway.
Glad we will have multiple treatment places nearby for anyone that might need the help

You seem nice.

So someone who was exposed or tested positive, probably unvaccinated parks in the OUTDOOR parking lot, walks OUTDOORS into the theater that is closed for everything else, gets an infusion of monoclonal antibodies alongside others that are in the same boat, then walks OUTDOORS back to their car parked OUTDOORS So you're at the shops in the square---just how does this affect you?
Or would you rather have these people walking around getting sicker and spreading COVID at the grocery store?

I am, but this one is not on me. A simple "I just didn't see it" would have sufficed

There is a line there now, so anyone who wants to miggle with people who are positive with covid virus, rush over and get in line. I will not go near Brownwood in future.

I think I remember yesterday that Dr. Fauci agrees with Governor Desantis on this treatment. I will see if I can find that article and bring it here.

I am disappointed that he took the stance on Facemasks in schools. I wish he had just not said he would withhold funds if a school system mandated masks. Until then I was thinking he might be the best person for the White House. No politician is perfect.

Monoclonal treatments are used to lessen the effects of Covid-19. They come from blood of people who have recovered from Covid, if I remember correctly.

I need to research this to see. We all need something positive. It really is spreading among the vaccinated people I know, and if folks our age aren't vaccinated by now, maybe this treatment will save their lives.

I am not a medical person. Just very interested.........and hopeful.

As they say
 

As they say you can't make this stuff up? Who in their right mind would suggest a closed place in a sometimes crowed area with people walking around un vaccinated going in and out of stores and sitting close to each other while waiting for a serious virus treatment. I give up since I can't waste my time discussing this since the nay sayers are going to have a field day for their own self interest. Think about going to a movie later on in a facility that was the treatment center for the spreadable and serious Avoid-19 Virus,etc. :ohdear:

Another not in my backyard post
 

These places are set up in many different cities , we are part of the state of Florida,,we should share in the fight against this virus, lots of access to the site , I wonder if many of the complainers even go to Brownwood and for all who complain I use the word I usually hate to hear on here ENTITLED

You sure find a lot of things here "outrages". You're closer to the end than you are to the beginning. Maybe look for things to be happy about?

Just more manufactured drama

A line at the theater to get in for monoclonal antibody therapy? Unless you qualified for treatment and were planning on going in the theater, why would you "mingle" with anybody on that line? Or "miggle" , whatever that is.

When your done you can go to blue fin for dinner or dance at the square. Maybe ice cream or cougar at city fire.

I found this from Newsweek.

It isn't the New England Journal of Medicine but it isn't "Quackery Today" either.

Here it is;

DeSantis and Fauci, Who Sparred Throughout Pandemic, Agree on Monoclonal Antibody Treatment

I'm sure after they are done using the theater for monoclonal antibody infusions and before opening it for movies the place would be thoroughly sanitized. But even without that, I'd be happy to walk in there 12-18 hours later depending on air circulation. I thought we put transmission by fomite behind us over a year ago.

But they could do that anyway, night after night. Far better they get treated.

There is no charge for this treatment. It is free, just like the shots.

I will repost this too. I think it is worth reading.

DeSantis and Fauci, Who Sparred Throughout Pandemic, Agree on Monoclonal Antibody Treatment

The Savannah Center is open for live shows!
 

The Savannah Center is currently open for live performances both in the afternoon and evening and some days has club meeting and activities. The Barnstorm Theater is currently not open for anything. Why would the Savannah Center be a better place to have positive COVID patients treated? I have tickets for a show at Savannah Monday afternoon. Mask or no mask, vaccinated or not I would not appreciate walking in there to see a show and be greeted by a group of people that I know have COVID. Also still asking where the info about Savannah Center came from as it is not in the Daily Sun article.

Ideally, you get these monoclonal antibodies as soon as possible after being diagnosed with Covid-19, or if someone in your house has it. It doesn’t work well in people already hospitalized and isn’t for people who use supplemental oxygen. For lots of people, it keeps them from having to be hospitalized, though they still have Covid and can still pass it on and can still get a variety of side-effects. After receiving this, you are not supposed to get a vaccine for three months because the antibodies will attack the vaccine. This is still an experimental treatment that has only temporary approval from the FDA. I don’t know why anyone afraid of the vaccine would be willing to get this. It’s made from cloned RNA.

Is it free? No charge to the person getting the shot, but your insurance may be charged the cost for the syringe and the person giving the injection. The government is paying for it, which means we are all paying for it, just like with the vaccine. How much is the government paying per dose? Here is the only number I’ve found:

“They’re also pricey treatments. Last year, the federal government bought 300,000 doses of the Eli Lilly treatment for $1,250 per dose. Some facilities across the country may also charge patients for the cost of administering the drug. However, Lilly noted in an October release that coronavirus hospitalizations, which the treatments are supposed to prevent, are much pricier: $22,000 per person on average.”

Read more here: Access Denied

My recollection is that the government is paying about $30 a dose for the vaccine, but of course the government also paid an enormous amount to help companies develop vaccines. I have a hard time believing the average hospital patient stay for Covid is only $22,000. I would expect that to be the cost per day, ICU, ventilator, lots of equipment, meds, etc. This isn’t as good as the vaccine, and it may be more dangerous, but if it keeps people out of the hospital and alive, that’s good.

You think these people, probably with the virus won't be shopping, eating and drinking at Brownwood.

So you are upset with those that do not wish to get vaccinated AND you are also upset with those that wish to be treated if they are infected? On top of that, you insist that anyone that does not agree is portrayed as some uneducated redneck?

Sure a lot of confidence in the vaccination being shown here today. I don't know why anyone would wish to "mingle" with sick folks, but I guess some have a reason to feel threatened by butterflies if they were told that they might bite them through their clothing.
Guess I am the only one on here that does not wear a useless paper mask into the grocery store when I am vaccinated. I am surprised that some folks on here leave their homes.

Don't expect any change for the better

I respond in the tone in which I was addressed. I’ll leave off the laughing emojis though.

It isn't nice to make fun of how some Southerners, and other rural people talk. It would be offensive if someone made fun of the lack of linking verbs and other "different" ways of talking used by a lot of inner city poor people.

It is fine when we use it, but when outlander's poke fun at us, it makes me want to "tear the rag off the bush" and kick our best coon hound.

Wonderful and intelligent and hardworking people grow up and live in our rural areas of the country. They do not pronounce coffee as "cu-aw-fee" and don't visit Miami and keep yelling..."Jeffrey, get outa the watuh". And they grow up driving a car. Yes they do. They may even start with the tractor when they are 12, but they can drive a car all the way from the North to the South because they know how to drive a car. I love rural folks and some of them are Doctors and Lawyers and Scientists, but they still talk like the folks at home.

Help me down from here, someone.

I don't know. If they are responsible they won't. If they tested positive they are supposed to self-quarantine and wear a mask if they must go out for essentials, of which the monoclonal therapy would qualify. But if they go out "shopping, eating and drinking at Brownwood", they will go out and do that everywhere else as well. So once again, better they are treated than not. And I suppose that people who are afraid of exposure are better off knowing where the cases are going than running into them randomly. Or better yet, a big, scarlet "C":1rotfl::1rotfl::1rotfl:

Then again, there's always the option of hiding under your bed.

Just the typical condescension.