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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]They don’t give monoclonal antibodies to low risk people. This isn’t Florida. You have to pass a screening and most people don’t qualify. [/quote]

Not true at all right now. I know several low-risk people who recently got it, including my spouse.  The health dept did not ask one screening question only scheduled the appointment and said you need to bring your positive pcr results. [/quote]

At Inova (VA) you do still have to be high risk. I don’t know of anywhere else in Nova giving the monoclonal antibodies.

Patients who have symptomatic COVID, vaccinated or unvaccinated, are eligible if they have a positive test, have had symptom onset within the past 10 days, and also meet one of the following high risk criteria:

Patients 12 or older who weigh at least 40 kg who have the following risk factors:

Older age (>=65)
Obesity with a BMI of >=25 for adults or BMI >= 85th percentile for children age 12-17
Pregnancy
Chronic kidney disease
Diabetes
Immunosuppressive disease or on immunosuppressive treatment
Cardiovascular disease, including congenital heart disease or hypertension
Chronic lung disease, including, but not limited to, asthma and COPD
Sickle cell disease
Neurodevelopmental disorders (i.e. cerebral palsy) or other conditions that confer medical complexity, such as genetic or metabolic syndromes and severe congenital abnormalities
Having a medical related technological dependence, i.e. tracheostomy, gastrostomy, or positive pressure ventilation
Presence of other medical or non-medical risk factors, including race or ethnicity, that may also confer high risk for severe disease.
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