Hood River County Health Department Health Officer Dr. Christopher Van Tilburg is emphasizing that getting vaccinated against COVID-19 is a better course of action than treatments like monoclonal antibody therapy.  In a Facebook video statement, Van Tilburg says monoclonal therapies are not a substitute for the vaccine.  He points out the monoclonals are derived from either humans who have had coronavirus or mice genetically modified to mimic the human immune system.  Van Tilburg says it is much safer to receive a small piece of RNA from the vaccine.  Van Tilburg also warned against Ivermectin, which he said is meant to be used in humans in small quantities for worm and parasite infections but is not an anti-viral medicine, and can be very toxic if used in large doses meant for livestock.