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Activist, writer, researcher, addicted to sharing information and facts.

Ohio reports more than 7,000 COVID cases, 344 hospitalizations (Me: Wrong way Ohio – Governor don’t sit on your hands!!!)

Source: Ohio reports more than 7,000 COVID cases, 344 hospitalizations

Government urged to buy ‘game changer’ Covid-19 drug treatment | RNZ News

Generally the monoclonal antibodies (Mabs) are not required for healthy people who are not at added risk of serious illness from Covid-19. They are targeted towards older people or those with other added risk factors, such as asthma, kidney or lung disease, obesity or diabetes.

Australia approved one of them, Sotrovimab, and had it in the country ready to use in mid-August.

“The sotrovimab treatment requires a single dose to be administered through an intravenous (IV) infusion in a health care facility and has been shown to reduce hospitalisation or death by 79 percent in adults with mild to moderate Covid-19, who are at risk of developing severe Covid-19,” Health Minister Greg Hunt said.

Source: Government urged to buy ‘game changer’ Covid-19 drug treatment | RNZ News

Texas has nearly 2 million people overdue for second COVID-19 vaccine dose | The Texas Tribune (Me: A special kind of dumb in Texas?)

Source: Texas has nearly 2 million people overdue for second COVID-19 vaccine dose | The Texas Tribune

Covid booster vaccine rollout to begin next week – BBC News

Health Secretary Sajid Javid said he had accepted advice from the JCVI that around 30m people should be offered a third dose – Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland have followed suit.

The booster should be given at least six months after a second dose – with the Pfizer jab recommended.

Those eligible include over-50s, younger adults with health conditions and frontline health and care workers.

Source: Covid booster vaccine rollout to begin next week – BBC News