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Transcripts for MSNBC Jose Diaz-Balart Reports 20211220 15:06:00

And so there are monoclonals and there are monoclonals, and we have to be mindful of that, as well. some of the monoclonals, most of them are directed against the spike protein and the omicron spike protein has so many mutations in it that some of the monoclonals won t work. we may even have to revisit convalescent antibody again and see if that offers any benefits. and the mayor is right, we need to accelerate that pfizer drug. that s going to be really imperative. and here s the other piece that i think not enough of us are talking about. which is, this is really a one, two, three punch epidemic right now. because we ve got delta still. delta is still in play. omicron s accelerating, but the third piece is we re seeing a lot of breakthrough infections among hospital workers, among health care providers. not even some who have gotten the third immunization, not that they re getting very sick enough to go to the hospital, but enough to knock them out of the health care workforce. ....

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