09-05-2021, 12:21 PM
Im very happy to see Ron DeSantis rolling out very effective treatments for covid. Monoclonal antibody treatments can and will save many lives if its being used across the US and the world. This is not the only treatment that can saves lives but its one of them and good to see them actually using it instead of politicizing it. This decision by DeSantis will most likely boost the chances of him being the RNC presidential candidate if he so chooses. We've spent way over a year with most medical doctors not even offering early treatment for active covid cases, until they end up in the hospital 2 weeks into covid. That has been criminal, imo. We need more public servants to begin pushing covid treatments, because the vaccines are failing at this point. We need more doctors to grow a pair and treat their patients early with the treatments that have shown potential. Yes, and that means the "horsepill" that won the nobel prize in 2015 for saving human lives from parasite infection complications, and then was modified to also be able to treat animals. Good stuff. ( https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/medicine/2015/press-release/ )
https://floridapolitics.com/archives/454561-hospital-associations-mary-mayhew-touts-very-encouraging-trends-for-covid-19/
https://floridapolitics.com/archives/454561-hospital-associations-mary-mayhew-touts-very-encouraging-trends-for-covid-19/
Quote:Scott Powers
September 2, 2021
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COVID-19Florida Hospital AssociationHospitalizationsMary MähenMonoclonal Antibody TreatmentMorning JoeMSNBCRon DeSantisVaccinationsWillie Geist
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But it's not over. 'Our hospitals are still very full... our staff are exhausted,' she said.
Florida hospitals are seeing “very encouraging trends” in hospital admissions for COVID-19, Florida Hospital Association President Mary Mayhew told a national TV audience Thursday morning.
She credited Gov. Ron DeSantis‘ frequent promotion of monoclonal antibody treatments, and his efforts to make them widely available in Florida, as among the reasons for recent improvement and for hope that the summer surge may be waning in the Sunshine State.
Mayhew started out on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” show Friday noting Florida has been on the front-end of the nation’s summer surge of COVID-19, with “a dramatic increase in hospitalizations over a seven week period.”
But the tide has shifted, she said, since a peak of 17,000 COVID-19 hospitalizations a couple of weeks ago.
“Right now we are seeing very encouraging trends. Our hospitalizations have dropped dramatically. We are now down to 14,800 hospitalizations. This is extremely encouraging. Our admissions are dropping as well,” she said after co-anchor Willie Geist asked her to provide a snapshot of what’s now happening in Florida.
“So there are signs that we have peaked and are headed in the right direction,” Mayhew said.
She called the monoclonal antibody treatment “a very effective treatment” in reducing hospitalizations.
“Gov. DeSantis has set up 21 sites around the state. Over 40,000 individuals have received treatment over the last several weeks. That is absolutely contributing,” Mayhew said.
