Vulnerable Ohioans are hoping for easier access to a potentially life-saving COVID-19 therapy. Some immunocompromised individuals say the preventative drug Evusheld offers hope for more effective protection from the virus, but it has been difficult to find.
“Everyone else, their freedoms now with the world opening up, is only increasing our problems. Immunocompromised people have to stay in their COVID prison,” said Darlene Teachout.
“My 3-year-old granddaughter would just sob when I talked to her on the phone, saying she thought I’d never be able to hug her again. It was really hard,” Teachout recalls. Teachout is among roughly 7 million Americans considered immunocompromised. Their immune systems are less responsive to the COVID-19 vaccine, while at the same time they are more susceptible to illness and infection.
Since it was authorized, a little more than 1 million courses have been distributed throughout the U.S. Providers, like the Cleveland Clinic, say they were given a somewhat limited supply. Teachout said she was told the available courses were prioritized for the highest risk patients.
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