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[SalesServiceGuy]

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Your warped skew is YOUR opinion did Trump resign? NOPE Defeated by the AMERICAN People voted out of office.

Did President Biden Lie about the facts about Covid19 NOPE

President BIDEN Administration is using every tool available to manage a worldwide virus.

... and he is doing a great job despite being dealt a shitty deck of cards to start his Presidency!

The President has surrounded himself with talented, educated & compassionate people who always seek the truth and the best outcome for a deeply divided nation.

[bsm2]

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And he still failed. There are no moral victories. More people died under Biden and no moral victory will bring them back.

Please see the Republicans plan for Covid19 below yep NOTHING

[BillyCarpenter]

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Please see the Republicans plan for Covid19 below yep NOTHING

Biden had a plan. Please see the results of his plan - Failed. More people died on his watch.

On another note, as the article points out...republicans were correct for not locking down their states and this is now the norm.

Republican will take back congress in a big way. Ride the Red Wave.

[bsm2]

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Biden had a plan. Please see the results of his plan - Failed. More people died on his watch.

On another note, as the article points out...republicans were correct for not locking down their states and this is now the norm.

Republican will take back congress in a big way. Ride the Red Wave.

Yep Republicans plan get everyone infected and if you die So What.

The PLAN AH is still in action its not over yet

We now have more tools to fight Covid19

Your sick delusion that we should feel sorry the failed one term twice impeached guy is ridiculous

[BillyCarpenter]

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The PLAN AH is still action its not over yet

Great. Throw a party.

[bsm2]

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Great. Throw a party.

Thanks we will

[SalesServiceGuy]

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Thanks we will

... for the last year, it has been great not to read everyday about the media dissecting every mean tweet the ex President tapped out from his throne.

BTW, the ex President's new media venture is floundering and under investigation by the SEC after having grift-ed millions of $ from his supporters.

[Phil B.]

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Thanks we will

Just check their vax cards.... social distance and wear that ineffective mask.
You know those things that DeBlahblah.. fauxci.. harris and biden are telling you lil brain dead liberals to do.
Then there is always the virtual party option.

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[Phil B.]

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... for the last year, it has been great not to read everyday about the media dissecting every mean tweet the ex President tapped out from his throne.

BTW, the ex President's new media venture is floundering and under investigation by the SEC after having grift-ed millions of $ from his supporters.

Isn't odd that the media isn't dissecting all the lies and gaffes and failures of the Biden administration.
Well not the liberal MSM .

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[SalesServiceGuy]

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Isn't odd that the media isn't dissecting all the lies and gaffes and failures of the Biden administration.
Well not the liberal MSM .

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... which lies are you referring to? There has not been very many to report on.

[Phil B.]

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... which lies are you referring to? There has not been very many to report on.

Not many according to the MSM, maybe you should broaden your ' trusted ' news sources.
Well let's see.. no crisis at the border... there are no supply chain issues... the economy is great.. masks work. Rittenhouse was a white supremacist... he killed black men..
He crossed state lines with a weapon.. China is our friend...
I could go on for hours.

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[SalesServiceGuy]

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Not many according to the MSM, maybe you should broaden your ' trusted ' news sources.
Well let's see.. no crisis at the border... there are no supply chain issues... the economy is great.. masks work. Rittenhouse was a white supremacist... he killed black men..
He crossed state lines with a weapon.. China is our friend...
I could go on for hours.

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... you truly do live in upside down world.

Did it ever occur to you that the sources of information that you cling to are themselves compromised with bias and do not report inconvenient facts?

[SalesServiceGuy]

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There's a new drug to prevent Covid-19, but there won't be nearly enough for Americans who are eligible


For Americans who suffer from weak immune systems, it felt like a miracle occurred on December 8. That day, the US Food and Drug Administration authorized a drug to help keep immune-compromised people from getting infected with the coronavirus.

But that joy quickly turned to despair as patients learned the government has only contracted for enough doses for less than one-tenth the number of people who are eligible for it.

The first batch of the drug, called Evusheld, shipped out on Monday, according to a spokesperson for the US Department of Health and Human Services. Dr. Camille Kotton, an infectious disease expert at Mass General Brigham, said her medical system expects to receive in this shipment only doses to treat fewer than 1% of its thousands of immune-compromised patients.

The Covid-19 vaccines worked well for many -- but not all -- people with suppressed immune systems, leaving them vulnerable to the virus. Evusheld is a monoclonal antibody, and doctors hoped to give it to their immune-compromised patients because it works in a different way than the vaccines.

"I am very concerned about the immune-compromised population," Kotton said. "I'm disappointed we don't have better access, and I hope we have better access very soon so we can prevent as much illness and potentially death in this population as possible."

"It's a shame that something that really could be a game changer for people who didn't have a good vaccine response is now going to be something that is in short supply," said Dr. Dorry Segev, a transplant surgeon at Johns Hopkins University and a leading researcher on vaccine effectiveness for people who are immune-compromised.

n a clinical trial with more than 5,000 participants, those who received Evusheld -- which is given in two shots one right after the other -- saw a 77% reduced risk of developing Covid-19 compared to those who received a placebo, according to the FDA.

Four percent of the people in the trial were immune-compromised, according to a company spokesperson, but their results have not been published separately.

"I cried tears of joy when I read the headline about Evusheld. Finally, we had hope, and then to have it dashed -- well, the reality is sinking in," said Diane Barron, 51.

Barron has lymphoma and rheumatoid arthritis, and her immune system is weak. Blood tests show even after three doses of Pfizer's vaccine, she has no detectable antibodies against Covid-19. At high risk of dying from the virus, Barron remains a virtual prisoner in her home in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

So do many other people with compromised immune systems -- many transplant recipients, for example, or certain patients with cancers or autoimmune diseases.

About 7 million adults in the US are immune-compromised and could benefit from Evusheld, according to its manufacturer, AstraZeneca. The federal government, which is the sole distributor of the drug, has contracted for only enough doses to treat 700,000 people.
The 7 million figure comes from US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention information about vaccines and the immune-compromised. The drug is also available to immune-compromised adolescents ages 12-17.

AstraZeneca does have more doses available for purchase.

"The US government could purchase more doses if they wanted to," the company spokesperson wrote in an email. "We already hold inventory of finished product that exceeds near-term forecast demand, and manufacturing capacity has been reserved with significant further quantities of product already in various stages of manufacture in the supply chain."

One health official said the government "is preparing to purchase significantly more Evusheld" than the 700,000 doses.

When asked why the government thus far has contracted for only the 700,000 doses, Cicely Waters, an HHS spokesperson, said that "primary protection from COVID-19 related disease including immunocompromised populations is still through vaccination."

But it's likely that millions of immune-compromised people did not get protective immunity through vaccination, and could benefit from a monoclonal antibody.

In a clinical trial, protection against Covid-19 lasted at least six months, according to AstraZeneca. The trial was conducted before the arrival of the Omicron variant, but the company says lab tests show Evusheld retains activity against it.

Immune-compromised people who fail to get protective immunity from Covid-19 vaccines say that the anticipated shortage of Evusheld is the latest in a long list of ways the federal government has failed to protect people who are immune-compromised.

"Frustrated. Abandoned. Forgotten. Angry," said Janet Handal, a kidney transplant recipient and co-founder of an advocacy organization for transplant recipients and others who are immune-compromised, when asked how people in her group feel about the government's efforts to protect them.

When asked about the few options available to immune-compromised people, a senior health official confirmed that Evusheld is the only drug available for pre-exposure prevention. The official added that the government has "built an arsenal of treatments" for people who have Covid-19 and are at risk of progressing to severe Covid-19.

"We haven't put all eggs in one basket, and we continue to grow these supplies and bring more products online to have an array of treatment tools at our disposal," the official.

The official said Evusheld will be distributed by states, which will in turn distribute them to health care providers "in a manner consistent with clinical guidelines and recommendations for those who should receive them."

"As always, equity remains central to our planning, which is why we are encouraging states to incorporate equity considerations into their distribution plans to ensure this product reaches those who need it most," the official wrote.

Warnings for months about vaccines and the immune-compromised

Handal and other patients want to know why the government contracted for only up to 700,000 doses of Evusheld when it has been expected for months that many more would be needed.

In March, doctors at Johns Hopkins published a research letter in the medical journal JAMA analyzing immune responses of 436 transplant recipients who had received one dose of either the Moderna or Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine.

A Hopkins news release was blunt: "disappointingly," only 17% of the patients produced detectable antibodies in response to the shot.
"This is in stark contrast to people with healthy immune systems who are vaccinated, nearly all of whom mount a sufficient antibody defense against COVID-19," said lead author Dr. Brian Boyarsky.

Over the next few months, studies in the US and other countries emerged that with two or even three doses of Covid-19 vaccines, many people with suppressed immune systems were not getting protective immunity.

The problem lies in the nature of the vaccines. They act like an instruction manual, giving the immune system a recipe for how to make antibodies to the virus that causes Covid. But a suppressed immune system doesn't always know how to read those instructions or is unable to act on them.

"They make very poor immune responses," Dr. Anthony Fauci, President Joe Biden's chief medical adviser told CNN in June. "You're going to have to figure out -- what do we need to do differently to adequately protect these people?"

Monoclonal antibodies work differently than vaccines. They don't give instructions for how to make antibodies. They just deliver antibodies, either through an infusion or shots.

[slimslob]

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Has the Biden administration admitted they made a mistake on Africa?

Biden administration reverses travel ban on African countries - TheBlaze

[bsm2]

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We need to be wearing at least a three-ply surgical mask," she said, which is also known as a disposable mask and can be found at most drugstores and some grocery and retail stores. "You can wear a cloth mask on top of that, but do not just wear a cloth mask alone."

Ideally, in crowded places, "you should be wearing a KN95 or N95 mask," which can be as inexpensive as a few dollars each, Wen added. By having a better fit and certain materials -- such as polypropylene fibers -- acting as both mechanical and electrostatic barriers, these masks better prevent tiny particles from getting into your nose or mouth and must be fitted to your face to function properly.