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Coronavirus (COVID-19) Update: FDA Limits Use of Certain Monoclonal Antibodies to Treat COVID-19 Due to the Omicron Variant

As we have throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has used the best available science as the virus has evolved to make informed decisions with the health and safety of the American public in mind. Ensuring that healthcare providers on the frontlines have the best tools available to treat patients is a top priority for the agency.

In light of the most recent information and data available, today, the FDA revised the authorizations for two monoclonal antibody treatments – bamlanivimab and etesevimab (administered together) and REGEN-COV (casirivimab and imdevimab) – to limit their use to only when the patient is likely to have been infected with or exposed to a variant that is susceptible to these treatments.

Because data show these treatments are highly unlikely to be active against the omicron variant, which is circulating at a very high frequency throughout the United States, these treatments are not authorized for use in any U.S. states, territories, and jurisdictions at this time. In the future, if patients in certain geographic regions are likely to be infected or exposed to a variant that is susceptible to these treatments, then use of these treatments may be authorized in these regions.

Monoclonal antibodies are laboratory-made proteins that mimic the immune system’s ability to fight off harmful pathogens such as viruses, like SARS-CoV-2. And like other infectious organisms, SARS-CoV-2 can mutate over time, resulting in certain treatments not working against certain variants such as omicron. This is the case with these two treatments for which we’re making changes today.

 

Not sure what you are talking about but I fully support ignoring your posts.

 

So we have you yesterday:



Then you have me posting PROOF.







You going to say "thanks" for posting the data or acknowledge your post was full of crap?

 

Is your employee's name John Stockton?

 

Monoclonal antibody treatment: Florida shuts down all sites after FDA decision to limit use of certain treatments not proven effective against Omicron - CNN

 

I think if the FDA is pulling the monoclonal treatments at least produce the data they used to make the decision. Delta is still sending people to the hospital(luckily Omicron is the vast majority and more like a cold for most) and killing people.

 

From the article:

 

That's not data. That's an estimate. Is there a study showing the treatment doesn't work? Considering less than 2 weeks ago Delta was around 7.5% of cases in the US, wouldn't it be prudent to still have those treatments available for those who need it?

Share of SARS-CoV-2 sequences that are the delta variant

 

And for the 3 day Remdesivir that was approved was that tested against Omicron?

 

you said the data was fake and from a model. What does your screen print have to do with that?

 

I showed that the data saying Covid "deaths" in young people isn't really the real number. Simple as that.

 

Biden administration to withdraw Covid-19 vaccination and testing regulation aimed at large businesses - CNNPolitics

So all those companies that fired folks over this...now what?

 

No it doesn’t say that, and the number is de minimus , and has nothing to do with your assertion that they were “modeled” numbers.

 

Did you even read the article, or just the headline?

 

Thats up to the companies.

 

I guess some will sue for wrongful dismissal. I'm sure the lawyers her will let us know if they have cases or not.

 

Sue who? Companies can keep the policy. It isn’t illegal.

 

to me companies had no legal ground to fire employees. i am sure it was not in their morals clause, if some have them, that they will get fired for no vaccine, what company policy did they violate?this looks like a lawyers goldmine, sue for false termination, settle out of court, employee gets the job back, if they want it. companies jumped the gun, believing biden had the right to do what he did.

 

Companies have the right to set their own policies, irrespective of the government, as long as no rules/laws are broken. My company has decided to keep the vaccine requirement even after the SCOTUS case went against Biden. There's nothing against a company mandating an approved vaccine.

The only case people may have is if a company decided to drop the vaccine mandate after the SCOTUS opinion. May be able to argue wrongful termination under a policy that was only created due to what was eventually ruled an unlawful government mandate. But if the company continues with the policy, hard to argue the loss of job was anyone's fault except for the person who chose to remain unvaccinated.