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States warn of COVID-19 antibody drug shortage
Fox News
Officials in several states are voicing concern over shortages of monoclonal antibody drugs used to treat COVID-19 patients.
The HHS decision caused a number of states to alert their citizens of the change, and some officials used the opportunity to urge unvaccinated residents to get vaccinated because supplies of the antibody treatments might dry up.
"It is much easier to get a vaccine than risk becoming seriously ill with life threatening complications," Georgia Department of Public Health commissioner Kathleen Toomey said in a statement accompanying the state's announcement regarding the new HHS distribution system. "Monoclonal antibodies are in short supply and high demand and hospital beds are full. What Georgia does have is enough vaccine for all Georgians aged 12 and over to be vaccinated."