Those who are immunocompromised may get little or no protection from COVID-19 vaccines, that is where the preventative antibody Evusheld comes in.
Those who are immunocompromised may get little to no protection from COVID-19 vaccines, that is where the antibody"It’s really been approved by the FDA to be used as a preventive for people that are high risk or people that may not have responded to vaccines," said Dr. Christian Ramers, an infectious disease specialist and Chief of Population Health at Family Health Centers of San Diego., but supply issues and the omicron surge complicated its rollout.
"It's an injection not an infusion," Ramers said."[Evusheld] is thought to last about six months and thought to give about 80% protection from COVID. We've had a really big response with people coming out of the woodwork and really wanting this treatment." "Started off with inpatient, then moved it into clinics and now realized that there is more drug and we want to make it more broadly available and have it operationalized in our drive-up locations," said Dr. Shira Abeles who's head of COVID-19 therapeutics at UCSD Health.
"There were some patients who received organ transplants — who knew they didn’t mount an antibody to the vaccine — who were missing kids' weddings and just now feel an added measure of security," Abeles said.
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