I’ll concede that this is a good cover for the bitterness automatically thrown at anything that isn’t the magical mandatory needle, because people should strive to have healthy bodies that don’t get sick in the first place. It makes therapeutics even more effective for the rare breakthroughs.
The federal government, which was already covering the cost of the treatment — currently about $2,100 per dose — has now taken over its distribution as well. For the coming weeks, the government has told states to expect scaled-back shipments because of the looming shortages.
With seven Southern states accounting for 70 percent of orders, the new process has unsettled some of their governors, who have made the antibody treatment central to their strategy for enduring a catastrophic wave of the Delta variant.
Even the people administering monoclonal antibody treatment agree with me. They tell every single patient (excepting those with medical reasons not to) to get the vaccination 90 days after treatment.
Personally know and know of many vaccinated people in NJ who have got COVID and we are not even in cold/flu season yet. Vaccinated people can get infected, as we’ve been over numerous times.