Coronapod: Why COVID antibody treatments may not be the answer
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The Role of Monoclonal Antibodies in Preventing Infections
monoclonal antibody treatment could be going forward. We know that they're not necessarily very effective once someone has severe disease. But given that we know that monocloneati bodies do seem to be quite effective at early stages of infection, they could work as a post exposure prophylactic. Abi there is the point that it's going to take us a while to vaccinate everybody. If we have a way to help prevent serious illness in people prior to their being vaccinated, then that's useful.
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