Governor Ron Desantis Features Monoclonal Antibody Treatment Successes in West Palm Beach
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla.
– Today, Governor Ron Desantis joined monoclonal antibody treatment recipients in Palm Beach County to discuss the therapy. Today, the state of Florida will exceed more than 45,000 monoclonal antibody treatments administered to patients statewide at the 21 state treatment sites.
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a 90-year-old resident of Palm City, said, “I recommend everyone take advantage of it. I was diagnosed with COVID in December, and after a
couple days went to the hospital. I had a very, very good doctor who immediately gave me the treatment. I was to receive the treatment for five days, and after the second day, I felt remarkably better. I’m here at 90, a borderline diabetic and I have asthma. The monoclonal antibody treatment definitely saved my life.”
who was diagnosed with COVID this summer, said, “When I was diagnosed with COVID I was shocked, because I am a careful person and have been fully vaccinated since February. I have allergy induced asthma, so my breathing was greatly affected and weak when I got sick. My husband and I didn’t realize that Regeneron was available at the Cleveland Clinic in Stuart. I got set up with my IV infusion there and I am very thankful to have received the treatment. I can’t thank Governor Desantis enough for getting the word out because this treatment is going to save lives.”
a Wellington resident who contracted COVID within his household, said, “I came in contact with a COVID positive patient and started to experience symptoms. A doctor recommended I receive the treatment. I decided to take the Regeneron to lessen the severity of effects, and to reduce the length due to my past medical history. My symptoms, including body aches and headaches, were completely gone come 36 to 48 hours after the treatment. I’d definitely recommend the treatment to anybody. I’m very happy that it is available throughout Palm Beach County and the state.” State of Florida monoclonal antibody sites are located at:
Fellowship Church
16916 Northwest U.S. Highway 441 High Springs, Florida 32643
Hours: Monday – Friday, 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Bay County Fairgrounds
2230 East 15th Street
Panama City, Florida 32405
Hours: 7 days a week, 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Kiwanis Island Park
951 Kiwanis Island Park Road
Merritt Island, Florida 32952
Laura Warren, Noel, Bay County Brevard County Brit Alachua County
Hours: 7 days a week, 9:00 a.m. – 7:00 p.m.
C.B. Smith Park
900 North Flamingo Road
Pembroke Pines, Florida 33028 Hours: 7 days a week; 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Broward County Charlotte County
Tringali Community Center
3460 North Access Road
Englewood, Florida 34224
Hours: 7 days a week, 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Old Dollar General
1500 Lake Trafford Road
Immokalee, Florida 34142
Hours: 7 days a week, 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Jacksonville Public Library
304 North Main Street
Jacksonville, Florida 32202
Hours: 7 days a week, 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Kings Forest Park
8008 East Chelsea Street
Tampa, Florida 33610
Hours: 7 days a week, 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Old Bonita Springs Library
26876 Pine Avenue
Bonita Springs, Florida 34135
Hours: 7 days a week, 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Vacant Sears
1500 Apalachee Parkway Tallahassee, Florida 32301
Hours: 7 days a week, 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Manatee Memorial Hospital Complex 206 2nd Street East
Bradenton, Florida 34208
Hours: 7 days a week, 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Tropical Park
7900 Southwest 40 Street
Miami, Florida 33155
Hours: 7 days a week, 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Northwest Florida Fairgrounds
1958 Lewis Turner Boulevard
Fort Walton Beach, Florida 32547 Hours: 7 days a week, 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Camping World Stadium
1 Citrus Bowl Place
Orlando, Florida 32805
Hours: 7 days a week, 9:00 a.m. –
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5:00 p.m.
West Gate Park
3691 Oswego Avenue
West Palm Beach, Florida 33409 Hours: 7 days a week, 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Fasano Center
11611 Denton Avenue
Hudson, Florida 34667
Hours: 7 days a week, 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 a.m.
Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church 409 South Old Coachman Road Clearwater, Florida 33765
Hours: Monday – Saturday, 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Church at the Mall
1010 East Memorial Boulevard Lakeland, Florida 33801
Hours: 7 days a week, 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Havert L. Fenn Center
2000 Virginia Avenue
Fort Pierce, Florida 34982
Hours: 7 days a week, 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Barnstorm Theater
2720 Brownwood Boulevard
The Villages, Florida 32163
Hours: 7 days a week, 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Ormond Beach Senior Center
351 Andrews Street
Ormond Beach, Florida 32174
Hours: 7 days a week, 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. To find locations to receive monoclonal antibody treatments around the entire state, please visit floridahealthcovid19.gov.
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2021 / 14:04 pm (CNA). The bishop of Springfield in Illinois is requesting that parishioners wear masks to Mass in compliance with a recent state public health order, but will not require COVID-19 vaccinations.while noting that “our parishes are asked to follow the new mask mandate in indoor public places,” Bishop Thomas Paprocki added that “no one is to be excluded from attending Mass for not wearing a face covering.” He made the announcement in an Aug. 30 message to his diocese on state mask and vaccine mandates. “The obligation to attend Holy Mass on Sundays and holy days of obligation is paramount since eternal life is the most important consideration,” he said, emphasizing against turning people away from Mass for not wearing masks.the bishop also noted that “some people may be excused from attending Mass for not wearing a face covering for medical reasons.”illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker (D) on Aug. 30 issued an indoor mask mandate for all people ages two and older, who are “able to medically tolerate a face covering.” He also required health care workers, college students, and school teachers and staff to receive a COVID-19 vaccine.paprocki on Monday said that the parishes in his diocese “will also continue other safety measures” to mitigate the spread of COVID-19. The mask mandate, he said, would not apply to priests, deacons, and lectors while they are celebrating Mass, as “the sanctuary of the church is not a public place.” Regarding reception of COVID-19 vaccines, the bishop stressed that “accine participation must be voluntary and cannot be forced.” He is not requiring diocesan employees to receive a COVID-19 vaccine, nor is he requiring attendees at Mass to have proof of vaccination.although “the Church promotes vaccination as morally acceptable and urges cooperation with public health authorities in promoting the common good,” he said, a person’s health and moral conscience must be respected. He cited the December 2020 note of the Vatican’s Congregation for the
Doctrine of the Faith, which recognized the conscientious refusal to receive a COVID-19 vaccine tested or produced with cell lines derived from elective abortions. “While we encourage vaccination, we cannot and will not force vaccination as a condition of employment or the freedom of the faithful to worship in our parishes,” said Paprocki. Bishop Paprocki’s declaration stands in contrast to the Archdiocese of Chicago’s recent requirement that all archdiocesan employees, including clergy, receive a COVID-19 vaccine. The Archdiocese of Chicago stated only medical exemptions will be given in such cases.although the vaccine will not be mandatory, Paprocki added that it is “imperative” that those who do not get vaccinated “recognize their moral duty to take other measures to protect others from harm.”“whether or not one is concerned about personal risks associated with COVID, each person has a moral duty to act responsibly out of concern for his or her neighbor by diligently following other safety measures,” he said. His letter also touched on the topic of vaccine exemptions for “sincerely held religious belief, practice, or observance.”many bishops and archbishops have warned their priests to not sign letters for Catholics who refuse to comply with a vaccine mandate out of conscience.“moral objections of conscience should be respected, but should not require a letter from a priest or other clergyman, since the objection is based on the person’s individual personal conscience, not some specific tenet of the Catholic faith,” Paprocki said. “It is not even apparent what any such letter from a priest could helpfully say, beyond restating what I have here recounted, which is that the Catholic Church teaches that some persons may have conscientious objections to the taking of the COVID vaccines, and that these conscientious convictions ought to be respected,” said Paprocki. Catholics, explained Paprocki, “are not bound to refuse the vaccine as a form of immoral cooperation with abortion.” All three COVID-19 vaccines approved for use in the United States have some connection with cell lines derived from elective abortions decades prior. Vaccines produced by Pfizer and Moderna used the cell lines in testing, while the Johnson & Johnson vaccine used the cell lines in production and testing.the Vatican’s Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith said that use of COVID-19 vaccines with such ethically problematic connections is morally permissible when no other ethical option is available, due to the gravity of the pandemic.paprocki added that “each Catholic must make his or her own decision, in light of each person’s particular situation and moral responsibilities.” “The Catholic Church recognizes that some Catholics will be bound in conscience to refuse the vaccine,” he said.