MandoMan |
08-26-2021 09:30 AM |
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Originally Posted by PennBF
(Post 1994454)
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:
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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.
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