DeathSantis is at it again: His death toll is not high enough yet. He's set up many MAB sites, so they can treat people who could have gotten vaccinated, but didn't. Problem is they are using MABs for anybody, instead of just for the immunocompromised who really need them, and the supply has always been limited. Now to top that off, his suppliers, Lilly and Regeneron have announced their initial MABs are not effective against Omicron (Almost all cases in Florida). A peer-reviewed and published study just recently said Regeneron's MAB is 1000 times less effective and Lilly's 3000 times less effective. Between that and the manufacturer's announcements, the FDA is cancelling their EUAs.
He's blaming Biden for that. He insists it's people's right to get ineffective treatments, which the FDA is specifically tasked with controlling. I suppose he'll want snake-oil and bleeding next. How about "laying on of hands" (or Reiki, it's modern equivalent), or The Power of Positive Thinking, Ron?
MABs are a good idea, but monoclonal antibodies are only effective for variants they match. A few mutations from immune-evasion evolution, and they don't interact with the new variant very well. But I suppose "evolution" is something he denies, as well! Months after vaccination or a suitable natural infection, our germinal centers do something called somatic hypermutation, where thousands of different but closely related mutations occur during antibody maturation, and the results are tested against the viral antigen. This natural process can produce antibodies that are thousands of times better at binding to the antigen! Those "better antibodies" are available for mass production when needed in the event of reinfection. This process can never happen with MABs. Which is one reason why vaccination is so effective against new variants.
Ron's Folly
