ideological needle was to go all in on monoclonal antibodies. you have heard about them before. they're a promising treatment. data has shown they really help people. it is not like crystal, crystal clear yet, but it is suggestive. obviously if someone has covid, it is great to get them effective treatments as fast as possible, certainly as early as possible, but there is something just bizarre about the ideological affiliation of these monoclonal antibodies which don't have any inherent political valence, right? like conservative moan owe clonal antibodies? no. but the same people who say vaccines are suspect are all in on the antibodies. this is a treatment, to be clear here, that is administered either by injection or intravenously. it is authorized under an emergency use authorization from the fda, not full authorization. it is new, just a year old, and it costs about $2,000 per dose. all of the arguments that anti-vaxxers make against the vaccine are true of this