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MCA can also be a prophylactic. The assumption that vaccines would end the pandemic was also based on the idea they would stop transmission. This turned out to
by vimy 5y ago
MCA can also be a prophylactic.
The assumption that vaccines would end the pandemic was also based on the idea they would stop transmission. This turned out to be wrong. Vaccines are excellent at preventing hospitalization but do a crappy job stopping transmission.
So when we have vaccines who are only excellent at self-protection and we also have a cure, I don’t see why we would compel anyone to take something they don’t want to.
- arrosenberg 5y agoThat is simply nonsense. The current vaccines are not completely effective at reducing transmission in a rapidly mutating virus when a significant minority is refusing to take it. If the vaccine was deployed to 95% of the population the virus would not have enough hosts to continue propagating and would reduce to background noise that can be easily handled by the medical systems with treatments like MCAs. I'm also curious what is acceptable about monoclonal antibodies, but not the vaccine? They've been developed by the same types of scientists, on a similar timeline to the mRNA vaccine technology, and they work on similar fundamentals, but the MCAs are a less effective solution in terms of cost, production, deployment, and long term protection. The whole thing just seems like a temper tantrum with no rational basis.
- vimy 5y ago> I'm also curious what is acceptable about monoclonal antibodies, but not the vaccine? I don’t know since I’m vaccinated. I just think people should have a choice.