The United States is quickly running out of its supply of monoclonal antibodies as the Omicron variant of Covid-19 increases demand for the lifesaving treatment, with long lines of people waiting for the therapy seen across New York City and many other areas.
Major hospitals in the New York region say they have completely stopped using monoclonal antibody therapies because they’ve run out of the only such treatment that appears to be effective against Omicron, leaving their doctors without a vital tool to treat their severely ill patients.
The only monoclonal antibody treatment which has been shown to be effective against Omicron is GlaxoSmithKline’s sotrovimab, of which there is now a massive, nationwide shortage of.
Both NYU and Valley Health System in northern New Jersey told their doctors earlier this week that they are suspending monoclonal antibody treatment programs due to the severe shortage, and will not restart administering the treatments until they receive more shipments from state and federal health agencies, which they say they expect to receive in “coming weeks.”
Covid Plasma Initiative, which has been assisting people in receiving the lifesaving treatments, released a statement today that they will have to cut back on the people who they can assist in receiving monoclonal antibodies.
“There is currently a limited supply of monoclonal antibodies causing access to become more challenging. Treatment centers are therefore prioritizing the most vulnerable patients,” the statement reads. “CPI is committed to our mission and will continue daily communication with facilities to track inventory and treatment criteria and our devoted volunteers remain on-call to assist patients.”
Many have been questioning why the federal government has not done more to advance and promote Covid-19 therapeutics. According to YWN sources, there are more than enough monoclonal antibody doses being produced weekly to allow the treatments to continue. However, distribution of the therapy has been encumbered by the Biden administration, which says it seeks to ensure that its distribution remains “equitable” for all Americans.
Many are now wondering how many will die because President Biden and his administration did not do enough to assist in the distribution of the monoclonal antibodies.
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16 Responses
How about Hcq?
Or the new miracle drug by phyzer?
Stop the fear mongering!
Under President Donald Trump, there just simply would never have been a shortage.
Furthering, probably this medicine 💊 is still stuck in transit waiting to be unloaded at the convenience of the corrupt unions
This is a direct result of vaccine fanaticism.
They WANT ppl to die from covid to scare everyone into taking vaccines
All in the name of equity. I would cry and scream, “Yemach Shemam!” But I’ll choose to follow the path of the heiliger Rabi Akiva and laugh at this little reassurance that all the wisdom of Chazal shall always reign supreme: Kol hameracheim
Sotrovimab has always been in short supply. Plasma infusions does not work. Get vaccinated. And if you have been vaccinated get your booster.
swings are you a doctor?
@Swings: Just what the devil are you talking about? No one even claims it doesn’t work. Not even sick murderers like Fauci who “forget” to promote it; he still doesn’t have the brazenness to claim it doesn’t work.
Swings, your brain was vaxxed to the max
Part of the problem is that, as mentioned in the article, only one type of the monoclonal antibodies is effective against omicron, others are not.
Another part is that Brandon is not pro-active the way Trump was in WARP speed. For people who say that warp speed did not do anything special, this is an example: current gov waits for the problem to occur before reacting. For example, Europe is giving away covid tests, US does not and finally came up with the plan for people to have tests first and then submit to insurance companies to get money back. Then, in two weeks, they are finally abandoning the plan and promising free tests in January for December pandemic.
Third part is people, like posters here, who can not do simple things like take a vaccine, keep SD, and wear a mask when appropriate.
If anyone, G-d forbid, dies due to a shortage of monoclonal antibodies you know whose conscience this is on.
We don’t envy their hell.
We’ve been going through this pandemic for a long time and I’ve never heard of monoclonal antibodies…
More shtick from the pharmaceutical industry, the ‘bought’ government, and Klaus Schwab’s NWO.
Swings is hilarious
He says this drug doesn’t work
Go take the other one that also doesn’t work
In fact I believe there is a shortage because they were giving it out to everyone who wanted it
My 22 year old niece got some two months ago
She’s in good health but UGH being sick is SOOOO annoying
And they didn’t ask her if she had any health problems
Yashar, Fauci is a murderer? How so? And also, how do you call pandemic deniers and health-measures deniers from the Fox news?
This is planned. I was wondering why they were allowing this treatment for so long. They tried to stop HCQ and Ivermectin and only allowed remdisivir which causes kidney failure. Now they want people to vaccinate or take their new drug or die – to keep the fear coming. Hashem should foil their plans quickly.
Swings, the new YWN troll!!!! Join rt, gadolhadorah, crazy kanoy and who else?