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Both/and, not either/or.
Also my opinion, and not at all related to any information I have from others, but I believe that member of the Trump administration did not, and still do not, fully understand the difference between antibody treatments from convalescence plasma, and these monoclonal cocktails. I think this led some in the administration to simply decide, the convalescent plasma would be a sufficient bridge to a vaccine.
Have they ever been asked why these monoclonal antibodies weren’t included? Would be interesting to see if the medical folks consulting Operation Warp Speed fought for the inclusion and told no for some reason or if it was really never discussed by Fauci, Birx, etc.. as an option.
I think it is also only fair to add additional reasons for why Regeneron was largely the only monoclonal therapy targeted in operation warp speed. Trump regularly golfs with the CEO of Regeneron, and as recently as 2017 (unknown about current status) owned stock in Regeneron.
On the treatments front. Anybody ever take dexamethasone? The more I read about it, it seems safe, but also seems that you shouldn't try to do your day job while taking it. Curious of any firsthand experience?
We also don’t know if it was a single dose or he is getting it daily. He even forces his doctors to sign NDAs, so we may never know. If he is taking it daily, buckle up. It’s gonna be a rough ride.
This is pretty effen good:The antibody cocktail for Covid-19 that President Trump touted on Wednesday afternoon was developed with cells originally derived from fetal tissue, a practice that his administration has moved to restrict.https://www.nytimes.com/live/2020/10/08/world/covid-coronavirus?campaign_id=60&emc=edit_na_20201008&instance_id=0&nl=breaking-news&ref=headline®i_id=108420427&segment_id=40317&user_id=d36dcf821462fdd16ec3636710a855fa#the-treatment-that-trump-touted-as-a-cure-for-covid-19-was-developed-using-cells-derived-from-fetal-tissueIn June 2019, the Trump administration suspended federal funding for most new scientific research involving fetal tissue derived from abortions.“Promoting the dignity of human life from conception to natural death is one of the very top priorities of President Trump’s administration,” the Department of Health and Human Services said in a statement in 2019, around the time of the ban.“Intramural research that requires new acquisition of fetal tissue from elective abortions will not be conducted,” the statement added.Mr. Trump last week received Regeneron’s cocktail of monoclonal antibodies — essentially, antibodies synthesized in living cells and administered to help the body fight off the infection.To develop the antibodies, Regeneron relied on 293T, a cell line derived from the kidney tissue of an aborted fetus in the 1970s. At least two companies racing to produce vaccines against the coronavirus, Moderna and AstraZeneca, also are using the cell line.
Can I ask to my more science/biology informed people why that fetus was so special? Why can the 293T cell not be used from others?
Has anyone gotten one of the 100 million doses of Covid 19 vaccines that White House CoS Mark Meadows promised would be ready to go by the end of October? It’s November after all.
I hear you have to go to the wall that Mexico built to get it. Only way to get there is on all the new infrastructure. But, you can only get the vaccine, if you are enrolled in the big new beautiful health care plan.
Damn those cute little mink!https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Denmark-finds-covid-strain-that-might-hamper-15701598.php
A nasal spray that blocks the virus worked well in a study that tested it on ferrets. If it works in humans, it could be a new way to fight the pandemic, with a daily spritz up the nose.Maybe the mink can get ahold of that!
How would you like to be the lucky lab tech who got the spray stuff up ferrets’ noses while trying not to get bitten?
Sounds like Pfizer vaccine is very effective. Great news if the trial gets some more safety data. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/09/health/covid-vaccine-pfizer.html
Amazing news!! Blows the doors off the expectations of 60-70% efficacy.Congrats Pfizer, starting to see the light at the end of the tunnel. With a vaccine now showing 90% efficacy and at the doorstep of being made available to the public should all federal funds move towards this one vaccine to ramp up production as quickly as possible?
https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/pfizer-biontech-covid-19-vaccine-114500360.htmlThis is good news. However, I suspect that it will end up being an annual vaccine, like the flu shot. Unless the anti-bodies last.