Invivyd Announces Partnership with Pro Football Coach Jim Harbaugh to Elevate Awareness and Ongoing Impact of COVID-19: Common, Not A Cold
- Teaming up to raise awareness of the continuing toll of COVID-19 in America, an ongoing mass disabling event causing an American death approximately every 9 minutes with over 59,000 deaths and 665,000 hospitalizations in 2024, as well as a lifetime of unknown impact, despite widespread vaccination
- In life as in football, Coach Harbaugh believes in options, including for those who are immunocompromised and may continue to live in fear of COVID-19, such as people who have cancer, had an organ transplant, or are on certain medications
- Proud to partner with a company driven to provide options for COVID-19, Coach Harbaugh encourages Americans, especially the immunocompromised, to learn more about the short and potential long-term impacts of COVID-19 and to learn more about their options at www.expandtheiroptions.com
WALTHAM, Mass., Feb. 05, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Invivyd, Inc. (NASDAQ:IVVD) today announced a strategic partnership with renowned professional football coach Jim Harbaugh to raise awareness about the ongoing short and potential long-term risks of COVID-19 to the broad population and especially people who are immunocompromised, and encourage people to learn more about their potential options. This collaboration will highlight Coach Harbaugh in live and social media initiatives.
Even nearly five years after the start of the pandemic, COVID-19 is causing an American death approximately every 9 minutes,1 and, in 2024, caused approximately 59,000 deaths,2 665,000 hospitalizations,2 and growing burden of Long COVID over time, despite broadly available and utilized vaccine boosts and small molecule therapy. In addition, the percentage of COVID-19 associated hospitalizations with intensive care unit (ICU) admissions is once again on the rise.3 A recent article published in the Journal of Infectious Diseases4 discusses how the current health and economic burden of the long-term impacts of COVID-19 may already exceed several other chronic diseases and will persist as COVID-19 cases continue to rise. This could be a significant drain not only on patients, but also on businesses, third party payers, healthcare systems, and all of society.
"As a long-time coach, I want players on the field, fans in the stands, and friends and family gathering to enjoy the game. But, COVID-19 has and continues to sideline many people," said Coach Harbaugh. "While COVID-19 may seem like old news to some, many Americans continue to get sick, are hospitalized, and are dying from COVID-19, despite many of us having been vaccinated. The extent of damage to our bodies in the long-term is still unknown. The good news is for many there are options other than vaccines and people are encouraged to visit www.expandtheiroptions.com to learn more."
"We are thrilled to have Coach Harbaugh on our team as we work to educate healthcare providers as well as the millions of immunocompromised people we serve about the continued prevalence and significant risks of COVID-19, which is common, but not a cold," noted Julie Green, Invivyd's Chief Human Resources Officer and Head of Communications. "We are grateful to Coach Harbaugh for his passion to raise awareness about the ongoing prevalence and impact of COVID-19 and his determination for people to seek options that may help them find ways to safely enjoy activities they love, like watching the big game with family and friends."
About Invivyd
Invivyd, Inc. (NASDAQ:IVVD) is a biopharmaceutical company devoted to delivering protection from serious viral infectious diseases, beginning with SARS-CoV-2. Invivyd deploys a proprietary integrated technology platform unique in the industry designed to assess, monitor, develop, and adapt to create best in class antibodies. In March 2024, Invivyd received emergency use authorization (EUA) from the U.S. FDA for a monoclonal antibody (mAb) in its pipeline of innovative antibody candidates. Visit https://invivyd.com/ to learn more.
1 "Trends in United States COVID-19 Deaths, Emergency Department (ED) Visits, and Test Positivity by Geographic Area". COVID Data Tracker. Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#trends_weeklydeaths_select_00. Accessed January 16, 2025.
2 From October 7, 2023, through September 28, 2024, the 2023-2024 respiratory season; hospitalizations calculated by Invivyd based on 334.9 million U.S. Census Bureau estimate of U.S. population size. Calculations based on cumulative rate for each disease state taken from the September 28, 2024 data point.
2 "Respiratory Virus Hospitalization Surveillance Network (RESP-NET)". Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). https://www.cdc.gov/resp-net/dashboard/?CDC. Accessed January 16, 2025.
2 "COVID-NET Laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 hospitalizations". COVID Data Tracker. Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#covidnet-hospitalization-network. Accessed January 16, 2025.
3 Hospitalization data based on calculations completed by Invivyd. Hospitalizations calculated based on 334.9 million US Census Bureau estimate of US population size. Data range from October 7, 2023, through September 28, 2024, the 2023-2024 respiratory season. ICU, intensive care unit. Reference: "COVID-19 Update for the United States". COVID Data Tracker. Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#covidnet-hospitalization-network. Accessed January 16, 2025.
4 Bartsch, Sarah M, et al. "The Current and Future Burden of Long COVID in the United States (U.S.)". The Journal of Infectious Diseases. January 22, 2025. https://academic.oup.com/jid/advance-article/doi/10.1093/infdis/jiaf030/7972782?login=false. Accessed February 4, 2025.
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