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17. No, you are wrong, it already is under an FDA-granted EUA. after human trials
Mon Aug 30, 2021, 02:01 PM
Aug 2021
This is still untested in living creatures,
much less in humans


Is simply untrue.

It has been in human trials for months and months , and the already FDA granted an EUA back in May.

https://www.fda.gov/news-events/press-announcements/coronavirus-covid-19-update-fda-authorizes-additional-monoclonal-antibody-treatment-covid-19

For Immediate Release:

May 26, 2021

Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued an emergency use authorization (EUA) for the investigational monoclonal antibody therapy sotrovimab for the treatment of mild-to-moderate COVID-19 in adults and pediatric patients (12 years of age and older weighing at least 40 kilograms [about 88 pounds]) with positive results of direct SARS-CoV-2 viral testing and who are at high risk for progression to severe COVID-19, including hospitalization or death. This includes, for example, individuals who are 65 years of age and older or individuals who have certain medical conditions.

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