richardag said:

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BTKAG97 said:

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Why is the federal government in charge of distribution?

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Because Florida and a couple of other states were getting good results in managing the virus and providing treatments. Was making Biden and Feds look bad. They could not let that continue.

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True, and absolutely despicable actions by the Democratic Party leadership.

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Yep. They are choosing to let high risk folks die in order to save face and drive vaccine compliance. Despicable. What's worse is you'll find doctors in our state goaltending for it. Some are Aggie docs on the coronabro board

MisterShipWreck said:

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Florida surgeon general says Biden admin 'actively preventing' monoclonal antibody treatments

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Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo accused the Biden administration of "actively preventing the effective distribution of monoclonal antibody treatments" in the United States, according to a Tuesday letter addressed to Secretary of Health and Human Services Xavier Becerra.

The Biden administration recently paused shipments of COVID-19 antibody treatments manufactured by major drug companies Regeneron and Eli Lilly amid claims that such treatments are not effective against the omicron variant of the coronavirus.

The federal government continues to supply Sotrovimab, a monoclonal antibody from the company Glaxosmithkline, which reportedly does work against omicron.

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Ladapo concluded his letter by referencing comments Biden made Monday that there wasn't a solution by the federal government to end the nearly two-year-old pandemic.

"There is no federal solution. This gets solved at the state level," Biden said at the time in response to Arkansas Republican Gov. Asa Hutchinson warning the president against letting "federal solutions stand in the way of state solutions."

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In September, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis hammered the Biden administration for overhauling the distribution of monoclonal antibodies in a way that will severely hamper the treatment's availability in several Republican-controlled states.

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https://www.foxnews.com/politics/florida-surgeon-general-says-biden-admin-actively-preventing-monoclonal-antibody-treatments

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My understanding is that he CDC WAY OVERESTIMATED the % cases caused by Omicron. Didn't they reduce the % from >70% to <30%.

So now they are not using monoclonal antibodies treatment because they INCORRECTLY ASSUME everyone has Omicron.

To verify the variant takes 4-7 days, in the mean time patients with Delta are getting sicker reducing the effects of monoclonal antibody treatment.

The CDC is a clown show.

Correct me if I am wrong.

It is my understanding as of this morning that the new Central Texas Infusion Center in Burnet will receive the new Omicron monoclonal antibodies today or tomorrow.