[Velvet]

Originally Posted by Happydaz

If I were locating a monoclonal antibody infusion center I would look to place it in a medical office, a hospital, or a building off by itself with adequate parking. I would not locate it in a Village square. Putting this center in the Barnstorm Theater in Brownwood does not, in my opinion, look like such a good idea. People who need treatment like this more than likely are unvaccinated. Their families may be unvaccinated as well. They could live anywhere in the area and now we are having them come into Brownwood accompanied by their close relatives. What do you think these other family members will do while waiting for the patient to get their infusion? Maybe shop in Brownwood? Go to a restaurant? This is a concentrated number of Covid exposed people from all over the area walking around Brownwood. My wife has ruled out going to Brownwood for shopping or eating. My wife’s concern is very high and some of our neighbors are also very concerned. I have tended to downplay the risk as there are Covid positive patients everywhere and I only visit Dunkin' Donuts once a week, but upon thinking about what my wife has said, I plan to get coffee elsewhere from now on. Why expose myself to additional risk if I don’t have to?

You need an appointment so no line ups and believe me when you have Covid to the extent you need treatment you are not in the mood for shopping or for fine dining. Have you ever been really sick?

[Pballer]

Originally Posted by Robbie0723

Nice to have an option.

But - will people afraid of a vaccine get an experimental monoclonal antibody treatment?

Maybe they would be more comfortable taking the horse deworming medicine. That has been around for a long time and has proven very effective in deworming horses.

[Happydaz]

Originally Posted by Velvet

You need an appointment so no line ups and believe me when you have Covid to the extent you need treatment you are not in the mood for shopping or for fine dining. Have you ever been really sick?

OK, appointment and no wait? Yeah right, my appointments in medical facilities are always right on time. I agree the patient getting the treatment would not not be in the mood to go shopping as they are sick and will be receiving monoclonal antibody treatment, but the people who accompany the patient will get bored sitting around (if they are even allowed into the center) and will set out to shop and eat in Brownwood. Have I ever been really sick? Yes I have and I don’t ever want to get that sick again. Thank you for reminding me why I avoid exposing myself to serious diseases if at all possible.

[biker1]

There are a lot of "experts" here today. I went to the Barnstorm Theatre today for the 4 shots since I had been exposed and it was recommended by my Dr. I did not have an appointment (walked up) and received the shots immediately.

Originally Posted by Happydaz

OK, appointment and no wait? Yeah right, my appointments in medical facilities are always right on time. I agree the patient getting the treatment would not not be in the mood to go shopping as they will be hooked up to an IV infusion, but the people who accompany the patient will get bored sitting around (if they are even allowed into the center) and will set out to shop and eat in Brownwood. Have I ever been really sick? Yes I have and I don’t ever want to get that sick again. Thank you for reminding me why I avoid exposing myself to serious diseases if at all possible.

[PennBF]

Thanks Happydaz for renewing my faith in the human race!! After reading all of the excuses to justify placing a serious medical facility in a populated area in the midst of a terrible deadly virus program I was losing my faith and resorting to accept a large portion of the Villages just don't get it. You did a fine job of identifying the risk and explaining the cause for concern! I personally would not go to Brownwood while this travesty is going on. Why risk your health when you don't have to?

[John Mayes]

Originally Posted by OrangeBlossomBaby

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.

Wow…..condescend much?

[John Mayes]

Originally Posted by coffeebean

LOL. If the shoe fits……….

Your superiority complex is peeking through.

[John Mayes]

Originally Posted by graciegirl

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.

Agree 100%. Amazing how some feel the need to deride others based on where they’re from.

[stanley]

Originally Posted by John Mayes

Wow…..condescend much?

Always.

[golfing eagles]

Originally Posted by PennBF

Thanks Happydaz for renewing my faith in the human race!! After reading all of the excuses to justify placing a serious medical facility in a populated area in the midst of a terrible deadly virus program I was losing my faith and resorting to accept a large portion of the Villages just don't get it. You did a fine job of identifying the risk and explaining the cause for concern! I personally would not go to Brownwood while this travesty is going on. Why risk your health when you don't have to?

Well, if that nonsense "renewed your faith in the human race", perhaps I can destroy it again. Nah, I'll skip the long explanation and simply say I know ten thousand times as much medicine as the person who posted that, and I'll be going to Brownwood again tomorrow, as I was there yesterday as well

[kkingston57]

Originally Posted by PennBF

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!

Ask the governor why. He was here to promote it. In meantime, Sumter County has one of the highest % of vaccinations in the state.

[blueash]

Just one more opinion. I think the location is an excellent choice. A large building with room to spread out the patients, easy access from nearby parking, no stairs to climb.

If you think having 300 Covid positive people a day near Brownwood is something new, you haven't been paying attention. There is so much Delta being carried by nearly well people that you should assume you are constantly being exposed if you are mingling at a square.

The monoclonal antibody which I believe is being given here:

REGEN-COV™ (casirivimab and imdevimab) eligibility and access sites
Treatment:
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted an Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) for REGEN-COV™ (casirivimab and imdevimab) for the treatment of mild to moderate coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in adults and pediatric patients (12 years of age and older weighing at least 40 kg) with positive results of direct SARS-CoV-2 viral testing, and who are at high risk for progression to severe COVID-19, including hospitalization or death.

Limitations of Authorized Use (Treatment)
REGEN-COV is not authorized for use in patients:
who are hospitalized due to COVID-19, OR
who require oxygen therapy due to COVID-19, OR
who require an increase in baseline oxygen flow rate due to COVID-19 in those on chronic oxygen therapy due to underlying non-COVID-19 related comorbidity
Monoclonal antibodies, such as REGEN-COV, may be associated with worse clinical outcomes when administered to hospitalized patients with COVID-19 requiring high-flow oxygen or mechanical ventilation
Post-Exposure Prophylaxis:
REGEN-COV is authorized in adult and pediatric individuals (12 years of age and older weighing at least 40 kg) for post-exposure prophylaxis of COVID-19 in individuals who are at high risk for progression to severe COVID-19, including hospitalization or death, and are:

not fully vaccinated or who are not expected to mount an adequate immune response to complete SARS-CoV-2 vaccination (for example, individuals 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, prisons)
Limitations of Authorized Use (Post-Exposure Prophylaxis)
Post-exposure prophylaxis with REGEN-COV is not a substitute for vaccination against COVID-19
REGEN-COV is not authorized for pre-exposure prophylaxis for prevention of COVID-19
REGEN-COV has not been approved but has been authorized for emergency use by the FDA. These uses are authorized only for the duration of the declaration that circumstances exist justifying the authorization of the emergency use under section 564(b)(1) of the Act, 21 U.S.C. § 360bbb-3(b)(1), unless the authorization is terminated or revoked sooner.

Healthcare providers should review the  Fact Sheet for Healthcare Providers for information on the authorized uses of REGEN-COV.

[EdFNJ]

Originally Posted by graciegirl

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

Nobody in this thread is complaining about the TREATMENT or it's efficacy, just the LOCATION where it is given.

[stadry]

[QUOTE=golfing eagles;1994475]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 isn' it ' outrages ,' really ?or, at least outages ?

[donassaid]

Never try to use common sense with hysterical people who are unhinged with irrational fear.