"Antivaxxers' affection for Regeneron is fascinating. It's under an EUA, and is not FDA-approved. It's a new technology. Its clinical trials started just before the trials for the vaxxes, so we have no idea what the long-term effects of taking it are. And yet antivaxxers love it.
Anthony Fauci - antivaxxers' bete noire - has loudly praised monoclonal antibodies' promise for many months. So all of the things that supposedly make antivaxxers wary of vaccines should make them wary of Regeneron (which is also less effective than vaxxing). Yet they love it.
And during testing of MaB, Regeneron used the HEK293T cell line, which is derived from the kidney of an embryo aborted in 1973. Use of fetal tissue in testing is another reason antivaxxers say the vaxxes are unacceptable. But it's apparently no problem for Regeneron's treatment.
https://twitter.com/JamesSurowiecki/...898225163?s=19 "
"what if the opposition to vaccines is not rooted in any actual logic whatsoever but instead emotional contrarianism and vulnerability to quack cure marketing techniques that fuel the right wing economy
vaccines are a threat to the right wing market. their effectiveness at solving a problem for free eliminates a key opportunity to sow dissent & sell garbage get rich quick cures in the void. their opponents prefer people die rather than lose a customer base.
https://t.co/nz3YmOnOqn
https://twitter.com/KT_So_It_Goes/st...938136578?s=19 "
Uh oh muskie. Makes ya think.