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The Promise of a New Treatment
Season 5 · Episode 83

The Promise of a New Treatment

Prognosis: Misconception · Bloomberg

August 3, 202011m 32s

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Show Notes

The drug company Eli Lilly is about to start testing its Covid-19 antibody drug in nursing homes. Vaccines may not work as well on elderly people or those with compromised immune systems. Since these are the very groups most at risk for severe disease or death if they contract the coronavirus, a successful antibody treatment could have a marked effect on lowering the pandemic’s death toll. Riley Griffin talks about the new drug, and the promise of antibody treatments.

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