It was the Monoclonal antibody treatment that is part of the official NIH treatment recommendations. There are a few formulations with different brand names, bu

It was the Monoclonal antibody treatment that is part of the official NIH treatment recommendations. There are a few formulations with different brand names, but the recommendation is to take whatever is first available and there is not published evidence of one being better than the others. I don't even know which he was given and does not matter at this point. The infusion lasted several hours at our local hospital and required a positive Covid test and needed to be ordered by a doctor stating that there were enough comorbidities to justify the treatment, the went through a lottery weighed on risk factors, then an appointment was scheduled. It is free to the patient but very expensive to taxpayers. It needs to be given as soon as possible after symptom onset to have the greatest effect. The odd thing is that you have to start pushing strongly on the paperwork to get this fairly invasive treatment when you still feel perfectly well in order to get it in time. You have to act quickly purely on your risk factors and not on how you are feeling. That's why this pill has so much potential. It could be handed out immediately after a positive test and prescription and is easy enough that it becomes "why not" instead of "why". Of course this is a very new drug, but for certain high risk people it may make a ton of sense.