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Mariana

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20. They would have had to seek help at the early stage, in order to get it.
Mon Oct 4, 2021, 02:34 PM
Oct 2021

So many of these people get sick and just wait until they have serious trouble breathing, and then they show up at the ER or call 911. By then it's usually too late for the monoclonal antibody treatment to work.

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2-1/2 months in the ICU Turbineguy Oct 2021 #1
As soon as they unload their latest consignment of meth... Aristus Oct 2021 #3
Yep, and who paid for that woman's lawsuit? FakeNoose Oct 2021 #4
One less trump voter... Wounded Bear Oct 2021 #2
The prescribing doctor and the judge were enablers FakeNoose Oct 2021 #5
If monoclonal antibody treatments are available..why wouldn't this man asiliveandbreathe Oct 2021 #6
The antibodies only work when given early. nt Phoenix61 Oct 2021 #7
I didn't know that..you would think though, this man might have been helped asiliveandbreathe Oct 2021 #9
I think many convince themselves it's not Phoenix61 Oct 2021 #11
They don't believe in COVID until they are at death's door. lagomorph777 Oct 2021 #12
From what I understand... Salviati Oct 2021 #16
They would have had to seek help at the early stage, in order to get it. Mariana Oct 2021 #20
same thing with Merck's new drug lapfog_1 Oct 2021 #10
Florida and a few other Southern states got most of the antibodies early on. LisaL Oct 2021 #25
Another covid suicide... Ohio Joe Oct 2021 #8
I believe we should call them exactly that FakeNoose Oct 2021 #19
I have a good friend who is critical care nurse in a local hospital and he told me that once ... Botany Oct 2021 #13
Many Pittsburghers have moved into southern Butler County FakeNoose Oct 2021 #22
Butler has taken a nosedive over the past few decades. Act_of_Reparation Oct 2021 #27
There are still a lot of jobs in Allegheny County FakeNoose Oct 2021 #28
Seems like if the man had a legal Rx, she could have gotten it filled, and brought it to him to take Hugh_Lebowski Oct 2021 #14
I retired a few years ago, but back then NO you couldn't bring in your own meds. Runningdawg Oct 2021 #18
You don't bring medications into the hospital. LisaL Oct 2021 #26
After I had shoulder surgery and was in a ton of pain, and no doctor was around to approve narcotics Hugh_Lebowski Oct 2021 #29
Shouldda sent more money. lindysalsagal Oct 2021 #15
Republican "thinking" ain't too good on this pandemic shit Champp Oct 2021 #17
She'll now sue the hospital and doctors for failing to save her husband. sinkingfeeling Oct 2021 #21
They should have bounced him out of the ICU and let her treat him at home greenjar_01 Oct 2021 #23
Instead of putting him on the ventilator FakeNoose Oct 2021 #24
That's a shame... budkin Oct 2021 #30
Yes friend, I'm chuckling FakeNoose Oct 2021 #31
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