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Why two years later is it almost impossible to get effective treatment for COVID?

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itsbabytime
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Why two years later is it almost impossible to get effective treatment for COVID?

I really am not a conspiracy theorist but I cannot understand what is going on when there are effective treatments but people (here in affluent areas of the world) cannot get them - leading to unnecessary death.

In the last month with so many going through covid I have heard from countless friends in NY/NJ/CT horror stories about them trying to get their elderly parents treatment. Specifically the monoclonal antibody infusions . None of them were successful. I have friends that were pretty sick themselves told by NYU doctors that the treatment works but they don’t have it so they can’t prescribe it. Leading to unnecessary hospitalizatons. There are at least two effective treatments against omnicron- one type of monoclonal and the Pfizer pills but NO ONE can get them. How does this make any sense? Where is President Biden and Governor Hochul in all of this???

Look at some of these articles - how can we make sense of this??? Where is the outrage?

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Posted 1/20/22 6:27 AM
 
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windyweather21
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Re: Why two years later is it almost impossible to get effective treatment for COVID?

Are others getting it in other areas that you know of?

Posted 1/20/22 7:40 AM
 

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Re: Why two years later is it almost impossible to get effective treatment for COVID?

Back in the fall I know of 2 coworkers who had Covid pretty bad...not hospitalized but pretty sick and not getting better. Both were able to get the monoclonal antibodies and were better very quickly after.
The one told me she had to wait on line for hours to get it, but it was available.
Seems there is now a shortage of this treatment?
They do have it in nursing homes because my father in law tested positive for Covid last month and the nursing home said they have the monoclonal antibodies if needed, but he was asymptomatic. However when he got admitted to the hospital for something unrelated, they told us they didn't have the antibody treatment at all there.

Posted 1/20/22 7:57 AM
 

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Re: Why two years later is it almost impossible to get effective treatment for COVID?

Posted by NervousNell

Back in the fall I know of 2 coworkers who had Covid pretty bad...not hospitalized but pretty sick and not getting better. Both were able to get the monoclonal antibodies and were better very quickly after.
The one told me she had to wait on line for hours to get it, but it was available.
Seems there is now a shortage of this treatment?
They do have it in nursing homes because my father in law tested positive for Covid last month and the nursing home said they have the monoclonal antibodies if needed, but he was asymptomatic. However when he got admitted to the hospital for something unrelated, they told us they didn't have the antibody treatment at all there.




Isn't this the same thing that I spoke about in FL how they were just giving it out all over the place. If so....I can tell you WHY they are not giving it out and once again, politics is getting in the way.

Posted 1/20/22 8:11 AM
 

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Re: Why two years later is it almost impossible to get effective treatment for COVID?

Posted by windyweather21

Posted by NervousNell

Back in the fall I know of 2 coworkers who had Covid pretty bad...not hospitalized but pretty sick and not getting better. Both were able to get the monoclonal antibodies and were better very quickly after.
The one told me she had to wait on line for hours to get it, but it was available.
Seems there is now a shortage of this treatment?
They do have it in nursing homes because my father in law tested positive for Covid last month and the nursing home said they have the monoclonal antibodies if needed, but he was asymptomatic. However when he got admitted to the hospital for something unrelated, they told us they didn't have the antibody treatment at all there.




Isn't this the same thing that I spoke about in FL how they were just giving it out all over the place. If so....I can tell you WHY they are not giving it out and once again, politics is getting in the way.



The one girl who got it that I work with- she has MS. So she's considered high risk- she's vaccinated and still got it pretty bad. So her doctor made sure she was able to get the treatment.
The other guy was just super sick for 2 weeks and was able to get it.
I am not sure they would have gotten it if they had milder symptoms or no other conditions like in Florida.
And now it seems you can't get it at all

Posted 1/20/22 8:25 AM
 

LuckyStar
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Why two years later is it almost impossible to get effective treatment for COVID?

Both my parents have covid right now. They were both offered monoclonal antibody treatment like they were being offered gum. They’re in NY.

Posted 1/20/22 8:30 AM
 

windyweather21
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Re: Why two years later is it almost impossible to get effective treatment for COVID?

Posted by NervousNell

Posted by windyweather21

Posted by NervousNell

Back in the fall I know of 2 coworkers who had Covid pretty bad...not hospitalized but pretty sick and not getting better. Both were able to get the monoclonal antibodies and were better very quickly after.
The one told me she had to wait on line for hours to get it, but it was available.
Seems there is now a shortage of this treatment?
They do have it in nursing homes because my father in law tested positive for Covid last month and the nursing home said they have the monoclonal antibodies if needed, but he was asymptomatic. However when he got admitted to the hospital for something unrelated, they told us they didn't have the antibody treatment at all there.




Isn't this the same thing that I spoke about in FL how they were just giving it out all over the place. If so....I can tell you WHY they are not giving it out and once again, politics is getting in the way.



The one girl who got it that I work with- she has MS. So she's considered high risk- she's vaccinated and still got it pretty bad. So her doctor made sure she was able to get the treatment.
The other guy was just super sick for 2 weeks and was able to get it.
I am not sure they would have gotten it if they had milder symptoms or no other conditions like in Florida.
And now it seems you can't get it at all



All I know is that my friend in FL told me her daughter, 18 was positive and she took her to get it and she got it too, when she was not sick at all.

Posted 1/20/22 8:36 AM
 

KarenK122
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Why two years later is it almost impossible to get effective treatment for COVID?

This is the question of the year. How can they not have a widely available treatment for this virus but they were so quickly able to come out and push a vaccine, whose benefits are debatable.

Both my parents had Covid a week or so ago. My mother got the monoclonal antibody infusion but mainly because she is in the middle of chemo. My father was denied. My mom was better in 2 days.

Posted 1/20/22 8:37 AM
 

windyweather21
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Re: Why two years later is it almost impossible to get effective treatment for COVID?

Posted by KarenK122

This is the question of the year. How can they not have a widely available treatment for this virus but they were so quickly able to come out and push a vaccine, whose benefits are debatable.

Both my parents had Covid a week or so ago. My mother got the monoclonal antibody infusion but mainly because she is in the middle of chemo. My father was denied. My mom was better in 2 days.



They don't want this to go away, been saying this for awhile now. They would rather push a vaccine that is questionable that is showing it is not working as they claimed it would.

Posted 1/20/22 8:39 AM
 

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Re: Why two years later is it almost impossible to get effective treatment for COVID?

My father got COVID back in October and received monoclonal antibodies. He is in NY. The reason there are none now is that it was effective against the delta variant. They are not effective against the omicron variant. Currently the drug companies are in the process of formulating new monoclonal antibodies for omicron, but they will not be available until March at the earliest. They said this back in December when they realized the old ones were not effective on the new variant then. The only cure right now is convalescent plasma from someone else who had and recovered from the omicron variant. As for the pills, they are just being manufactured now.

Posted 1/20/22 8:43 AM
 

MrsWoods
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Why two years later is it almost impossible to get effective treatment for COVID?

My DH had Covid during Christmas week. He qualified for antibodies due to his heart disease but they didnt have them luckily he was fine. My friend who lives in NJ also had Covid that week and got them and they are in NJ. They were fine in a couple of days after.

Posted 1/20/22 8:55 AM
 

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Re: Why two years later is it almost impossible to get effective treatment for COVID?

My parents had Covid after Christmas. Their doctors recommended they get the infusion due to their other health issues they qualified for it. They were able to get it with no problem at all at Good Sam. My friends husband also earlier that week got it there at well he qualified because he has had a kidney transplant. His wife tried to get it for him at Stonybrook but they didn't have it at all but Good Sam had it.

Posted 1/20/22 9:17 AM
 

NervousNell
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Re: Why two years later is it almost impossible to get effective treatment for COVID?

Posted by kmr6107

My parents had Covid after Christmas. Their doctors recommended they get the infusion due to their other health issues they qualified for it. They were able to get it with no problem at all at Good Sam. My friends husband also earlier that week got it there at well he qualified because he has had a kidney transplant. His wife tried to get it for him at Stonybrook but they didn't have it at all but Good Sam had it.



Yes Stonybrook was where my Father in law was and they said they don't have it.

Posted 1/20/22 9:18 AM
 

mrsrainbow
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Re: Why two years later is it almost impossible to get effective treatment for COVID?

I'm by no means a Republican but I'm over this.
I don't see how this doing us any good anymore.
Unless the government is going to truly step up and pay people to stay home until they deem it "safe" (which we know they won't do), then they need to stop this half-assed back and forth.

Posted 1/20/22 10:09 AM
 

Bebelove
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Re: Why two years later is it almost impossible to get effective treatment for COVID?

We are in FL now and for a while the mono treatment and ivermectin were easy to get. The gov here said Biden had put limits on the mono treatment and now it’s hard to get here. Who knows what’s true but something happened !!

Posted 1/20/22 11:03 AM
 

beachbabe
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Re: Why two years later is it almost impossible to get effective treatment for COVID?

Most of the monoclonal antibodies don't work against Omicron.

Only one type works which is why there is a shortage and hard to get.

Posted 1/20/22 11:19 AM
 

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Re: Why two years later is it almost impossible to get effective treatment for COVID?

Posted by beachbabe

Most of the monoclonal antibodies don't work against Omicron.

Only one type works which is why there is a shortage and hard to get.



This. Only one works for omicron and lots of people need it so it’s in short supply.

Posted 1/20/22 2:13 PM
 

Diane
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Re: Why two years later is it almost impossible to get effective treatment for COVID?

I dont understand why they are investing so much money in the vaccine that doesnt work, and the boosters , that dont work, and put it into treatments......but they wont because it is all about$$$$

Posted 1/20/22 6:48 PM
 

NervousNell
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Re: Why two years later is it almost impossible to get effective treatment for COVID?

Posted by Diane

I dont understand why they are investing so much money in the vaccine that doesnt work, and the boosters , that dont work, and put it into treatments......but they wont because it is all about$$$$



What I don't get is why are they still forcing the vaccine on people to work and eat in restaurants etc in many cities when they know it doesn't do a damn thing to stop the spread .
So... why???
Any mandates anywhere ...for work, school or recreation, need to stop .

Posted 1/20/22 7:41 PM
 

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Re: Why two years later is it almost impossible to get effective treatment for COVID?

It is evil and criminal how certain treatments have been blocked that have been available for a while now. There is most certainly an underlying agenda at play here. People are less likely to get additional shots if they know there is a treatment. Also, if an effective treatment is widely available, then the emergency use authorization for the vaccine cannot stand.

I cannot fathom why they would rather let people die from covid rather than try treatments that have proven effective. The only possible reason is because they need the covid death numbers to be higher to justify all of these draconian and useless restrictions and mandates.

As for the shots, there are so many other questions I have. Why isn't Moderna or J&J "fully approved" yet? Why isn't Moderna and J&J approved for ages 12-18 yet?

Posted 1/20/22 7:55 PM
 

NervousNell
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Re: Why two years later is it almost impossible to get effective treatment for COVID?

Posted by ChilisWife

It is evil and criminal how certain treatments have been blocked that have been available for a while now. There is most certainly an underlying agenda at play here. People are less likely to get additional shots if they know there is a treatment. Also, if an effective treatment is widely available, then the emergency use authorization for the vaccine cannot stand.

I cannot fathom why they would rather let people die from covid rather than try treatments that have proven effective. The only possible reason is because they need the covid death numbers to be higher to justify all of these draconian and useless restrictions and mandates.

As for the shots, there are so many other questions I have. Why isn't Moderna or J&J "fully approved" yet? Why isn't Moderna and J&J approved for ages 12-18 yet?



Probably because those aren't the stock all the politicians bought.

Posted 1/20/22 8:02 PM
 

PitterPatter11
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Why two years later is it almost impossible to get effective treatment for COVID?

There are ongoing studies.

If you are currently Covid positive, enroll here: Activ6study.org. They are trying to repurpose a variety of already available medications. Anyone who tests positive can enroll.

You can also call to enroll 833-385-1880.

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Posted 1/20/22 8:07 PM
 
 

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