{"id":654387,"date":"2021-08-17T11:07:07","date_gmt":"2021-08-17T15:07:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=654387"},"modified":"2021-08-17T11:07:10","modified_gmt":"2021-08-17T15:07:10","slug":"fla-gov-desantis-announces-opening-of-covid-antibody-treatment-centers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fla-gov-desantis-announces-opening-of-covid-antibody-treatment-centers\/","title":{"rendered":"Fla. Gov. DeSantis announces opening of COVID antibody treatment centers"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffla-gov-desantis-announces-opening-of-covid-antibody-treatment-centers%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=654387&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div id=\"attachment_2493237\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2493237\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">In this undated image from video provided by Regeneron Pharmaceuticals on Friday, Oct. 2, 2020, vials are inspected at the company\u2019s facilities in New York state, for efforts on an experimental coronavirus antibody drug. Antibodies are proteins the body makes when an infection occurs; they attach to a virus and help the immune system eliminate it. (Regeneron via AP)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h5>OAN Newsroom<br \/>UPDATED 7:06 AM PT \u2013 Tuesday, August 17, 2021<\/h5>\n<p>Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) unveiled his latest plan to combat COVID-19, which includes opening antibody treatment sites. In the announcement Monday, the Republican said the site at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.campingworldstadium.com\/\">Camping World Stadium<\/a> in Orlando will be able to treat 320 patients a day, free of charge. DeSantis said he wants to use every tool at his dispense to protect the people of Florida.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve spoken to different systems and asked them: of your admitted patients for COVID, what percentage of them had received a monoclonal antibody prior to being admitted?\u201d he explained. \u201cAnd they say, well over 90 percent of their current admissions did not get the monoclonal antibody treatment, so that is a tool in the toolbox that really needs to be used.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I am in Orlando today with healthcare professionals to discuss the impact of using monoclonal antibody treatments and Florida\u2019s latest expansion of these treatments in Central Florida. <br \/>Watch live: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/r85Gu6l3U5\">https:\/\/t.co\/r85Gu6l3U5<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ron DeSantis (@GovRonDeSantis) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GovRonDeSantis\/status\/1427338140415635466?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 16, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The Orlando center will also be open seven days a week with the goal of reducing hospitalizations in the state.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve really, I think, identified over the last couple weeks one thing that just wasn\u2019t known enough in terms of, you know, what do you do when when you get a positive test of COVID-19,\u201d DeSantis stated. \u201cAnd basically, early treatment with these monoclonal antibodies, Regeneron and others, have proven to radically reduce the chance that somebody ends up being hospitalized.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Florida governor said there are plans to open up other COVID antibody centers, so people have an easier time finding treatment. The Republican then credited President Donald Trump by explaining that he\u2019s the reason treatments are free for Floridians.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Regeneron, just so everyone knows, is free,\u201d DeSantis explained. \u201cThe Trump administration basically just bought all of the monoclonal antibodies once they were being developed. So, it does not cost the state of Florida anything to get here, it does not cost the patients any money to receive it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Aside from Camping World Stadium, there\u2019s an additional antibody site open in Jacksonville for COVID positive patients to seek treatment.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2493236\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2493236\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-2493236 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/ron.jpg\" alt=\"Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis attends an event with President Donald Trump on the environment at the Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse and Museum, Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2020, in Jupiter, Fla. (AP Photo\/Evan Vucci)\" width=\"750\" height=\"422\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/ron.jpg 750w, https:\/\/dzm0ugdauank9.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/ron-373x210.jpg 373w, https:\/\/dzm0ugdauank9.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/ron-180x101.jpg 180w, https:\/\/dzm0ugdauank9.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/ron-260x146.jpg 260w, https:\/\/dzm0ugdauank9.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/ron-120x67.jpg 120w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2493236\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">FILE \u2013 Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis attends an event at the Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse and Museum, Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2020, in Jupiter, Fla. 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